diff --git a/cloudtools/init_notebook.py b/cloudtools/init_notebook.py
index 2bbcbed27ee..8db8280fe90 100755
--- a/cloudtools/init_notebook.py
+++ b/cloudtools/init_notebook.py
@@ -61,15 +61,25 @@
 		hail_zip = custom_zip.rsplit('/')[-1]
 		zip_path = custom_zip
 
+	# make local directory for Hail jar and zip
+	if not os.path.isdir('/home/hail/'):
+		os.mkdir('/home/hail/')
+
 	# copy Hail jar and zip to local directory on master node
-	call(['gsutil', 'cp', jar_path, '/usr/lib/spark/jars/'])
-	call(['gsutil', 'cp', zip_path, '/usr/lib/spark/python/'])
+	call(['gsutil', 'cp', jar_path, '/home/hail/'])
+	call(['gsutil', 'cp', zip_path, '/home/hail/'])
+
+	# copy conf files to custom directory
+	if not os.path.isdir('/home/hail/conf/'):
+		os.mkdir('/home/hail/conf/')
+	call(['cp', '/etc/spark/conf/spark-defaults.conf', '/home/hail/conf/spark-defaults.conf'])
+	call(['cp', '/etc/spark/conf/spark-env.sh', '/home/hail/conf/spark-env.sh'])
 
 	# modify custom Spark conf file to reference Hail jar and zip
-	with open('/etc/spark/conf/spark-defaults.conf', 'a') as f:
+	with open('/home/hail/conf/spark-defaults.conf', 'a') as f:
 		opts = [
-			'spark.files=/usr/lib/spark/jars/{}'.format(hail_jar),
-			'spark.submit.pyFiles=/usr/lib/spark/python/{}'.format(hail_zip),
+			'spark.files=/home/hail/{}'.format(hail_jar),
+			'spark.submit.pyFiles=/home/hail/{}'.format(hail_zip),
 			'spark.driver.extraClassPath=./{}'.format(hail_jar),
 			'spark.executor.extraClassPath=./{}'.format(hail_jar)
 		]
@@ -89,8 +99,8 @@
 		'env': {
 			'PYTHONHASHSEED': '0',
 			'SPARK_HOME': '/usr/lib/spark/',
-			'SPARK_CONF_DIR': '/etc/spark/conf/',
-			'PYTHONPATH': '/usr/lib/spark/python/:/usr/lib/spark/python/lib/py4j-0.10.3-src.zip:/usr/lib/spark/python/{}'.format(hail_zip)
+			'SPARK_CONF_DIR': '/home/hail/conf/',
+			'PYTHONPATH': '/usr/lib/spark/python/:/usr/lib/spark/python/lib/py4j-0.10.3-src.zip:/home/hail/{}'.format(hail_zip)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -128,7 +138,7 @@
 			'Type=simple',
 			'User=root',
 			'Group=root',
-			'WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/',
+			'WorkingDirectory=/home/hail/',
 			'ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/jupyter notebook --allow-root',
 			'Restart=always',
 			'RestartSec=1',
diff --git a/cloudtools/start.py b/cloudtools/start.py
index c9f29e65020..45d1c2f43da 100644
--- a/cloudtools/start.py
+++ b/cloudtools/start.py
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ def main(args):
 
     # command to start cluster
     cmd = [
-        'gcloud', 'dataproc', 'clusters', 'create',
+        'gcloud', 
+        'dataproc', 
+        'clusters', 
+        'create',
         args.name,
         '--image-version={}'.format(image_version),
         '--master-machine-type={}'.format(args.master_machine_type),
@@ -153,5 +156,9 @@ def main(args):
         '--initialization-actions={}'.format(init_actions)
     ]
 
+    # print underlying gcloud command
+    print('gcloud command:')
+    print(' '.join(cmd[:5]) + ' \\\n    ' + ' \\\n    '.join(cmd[5:]))
+
     # spin up cluster
     call(cmd)
diff --git a/cloudtools/submit.py b/cloudtools/submit.py
index f19bad849ba..0200f7bd8b2 100644
--- a/cloudtools/submit.py
+++ b/cloudtools/submit.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ def init_parser(parser):
                         help='Hail version to use (default: %(default)s).')
     parser.add_argument('--jar', required=False, type=str, help='Custom Hail jar to use.')
     parser.add_argument('--zip', required=False, type=str, help='Custom Hail zip to use.')
-    parser.add_argument('--archives', required=False, type=str, help='Comma-separated list of archives (.zip/.tar/.tar.gz/.tvz) to be provided to the Hail application.')
     parser.add_argument('--files', required=False, type=str, help='Comma-separated list of files to add to the working directory of the Hail application.')
     parser.add_argument('--properties', '-p', required=False, type=str, help='Extra Spark properties to set.')
     parser.add_argument('--args', type=str, help='Quoted string of arguments to pass to the Hail script being submitted.')
@@ -46,9 +45,6 @@ def main(args):
     if args.files:
         files += ',' + args.files
 
-    # create archives argument
-    archives = args.archives if args.archives else ''
-
     # create properties argument
     properties = 'spark.driver.extraClassPath=./{0},spark.executor.extraClassPath=./{0}'.format(hail_jar)
     if args.properties:
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@ def main(args):
         args.script,
         '--cluster={}'.format(args.name),
         '--files={}'.format(files),
-        '--archives={}'.format(archives),
         '--py-files={}'.format(zip_path),
         '--properties={}'.format(properties)
     ]
@@ -75,6 +70,9 @@ def main(args):
         for x in args.args.split():
             cmd.append(x)
 
-    print(cmd)
+    # print underlying gcloud command
+    print('gcloud command:')
+    print(' '.join(cmd[:6]) + ' \\\n    ' + ' \\\n    '.join(cmd[6:]))
 
+    # submit job
     call(cmd)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c95d4098d04..9a998a5967b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name='cloudtools',
-	  version='1.1.3',
+	  version='1.1.5',
 	  description='Collection of utilities for working on the Google Cloud Platform.',
 	  url='https://github.com/Nealelab/cloudtools',
 	  author='Liam Abbott',