diff --git a/src/common.py b/src/common.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/common.py
+++ b/src/common.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def gridEngineIsInstalled():
     """Returns True if grid-engine is installed, else False.
     """
     try:
-        return system("qstat -version") == 0
+        return system("qstat -help") == 0
     except RuntimeError:
         return False
Fix to function to check if grid engine is present