diff --git a/contribs/lua/job_submit.license.lua b/contribs/lua/job_submit.license.lua
index c0d6c31b4629d0ea71bb4e3ae56492319f42d4b2..1e80c7ec8a1842b94b650a296590c1fe4b528de7 100644
--- a/contribs/lua/job_submit.license.lua
+++ b/contribs/lua/job_submit.license.lua
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ function _limit_license_cnt(orig_string, license_name, max_count)
 		return 0
 	end
 
-	i, j, val = string.find(orig_string, license_name .. "%*(%d)")
---	if val ~= nil then log_info("name:%s count:%s", license_name, val) end
+	i, j, val = string.find(orig_string, license_name .. "%:(%d)")
+	if val ~= nil then
+		slurm.log_info("name:%s count:%s", license_name, val)
+	end
 	if val ~= nil and val + 0 > max_count then
 		return 1
 	end
@@ -32,15 +34,14 @@ end
 --########################################################################--
 
 function slurm_job_submit ( job_desc, part_list, submit_uid )
-	setmetatable (job_desc, job_req_meta)
 	local bad_license_count = 0
 
 	bad_license_count = _limit_license_cnt(job_desc.licenses, "lscratcha", 1)
 	bad_license_count = _limit_license_cnt(job_desc.licenses, "lscratchb", 1) + bad_license_count
 	bad_license_count = _limit_license_cnt(job_desc.licenses, "lscratchc", 1) + bad_license_count
 	if bad_license_count > 0 then
-		log_info("slurm_job_submit: for user %d, invalid licenses value: %s",
-			 job_desc.user_id, job_desc.licenses)
+		slurm.log_info("slurm_job_submit: for user %u, invalid licenses value: %s",
+				job_desc.user_id, job_desc.licenses)
 		return slurm.ESLURM_INVALID_LICENSES
 	end
 
@@ -48,8 +49,6 @@ function slurm_job_submit ( job_desc, part_list, submit_uid )
 end
 
 function slurm_job_modify ( job_desc, job_rec, part_list, modify_uid )
-	setmetatable (job_desc, job_req_meta)
-	setmetatable (job_rec,  job_rec_meta)
 	local bad_license_count = 0
 
 --      *** YOUR LOGIC GOES BELOW ***
@@ -57,48 +56,13 @@ function slurm_job_modify ( job_desc, job_rec, part_list, modify_uid )
 	bad_license_count = _limit_license_cnt(job_desc.licenses, "lscratchb", 1) + bad_license_count
 	bad_license_count = _limit_license_cnt(job_desc.licenses, "lscratchc", 1) + bad_license_count
 	if bad_license_count > 0 then
-		log_info("slurm_job_modify: for job %u, invalid licenses value: %s",
-			 job_rec.job_id, job_desc.licenses)
+		slurm.log_info("slurm_job_modify: for job %u, invalid licenses value: %s",
+				job_rec.job_id, job_desc.licenses)
 		return slurm.ESLURM_INVALID_LICENSES
 	end
 
 	return 0
 end
 
---########################################################################--
---
---  Initialization code:
---
---  Define functions for logging and accessing slurmctld structures
---
---########################################################################--
-
-
-log_info = slurm.log_info
-log_verbose = slurm.log_verbose
-log_debug = slurm.log_debug
-log_err = slurm.error
-log_user = slurm.log_user
-
-job_rec_meta = {
-	__index = function (table, key)
-		return _get_job_rec_field(table.job_rec_ptr, key)
-	end
-}
-job_req_meta = {
-	__index = function (table, key)
-		return _get_job_req_field(table.job_desc_ptr, key)
-	end,
-	__newindex = function (table, key, value)
-		return _set_job_req_field(table.job_desc_ptr, key, value)
-	end
-}
-part_rec_meta = {
-	__index = function (table, key)
-		return _get_part_rec_field(table.part_rec_ptr, key)
-	end
-}
-
-log_info("initialized")
-
+slurm.log_info("initialized")
 return slurm.SUCCESS
diff --git a/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua b/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua
index 652eef4dd13b74cc855b57d9038dc1c5a84bd0ef..278a3e11e18b95d013c0e2240fb40e49d47b4027 100644
--- a/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua
+++ b/contribs/lua/job_submit.lua
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 function slurm_job_submit(job_desc, part_list, submit_uid)
 	if job_desc.account == nil then
 		local account = "***TEST_ACCOUNT***"
-		slurm.log_info("slurm_job_submit: job from uid %d, setting default account value: %s",
-			 submit_uid, account)
+		slurm.log_info("slurm_job_submit: job from uid %u, setting default account value: %s",
+				submit_uid, account)
 		job_desc.account = account
 	end
 --	If no default partition, set the partition to the highest
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ function slurm_job_submit(job_desc, part_list, submit_uid)
 		local new_partition = nil
 		local top_priority  = -1
 		local last_priority = -1
+		local inx = 0
 		for name, part in pairs(part_list) do
---			slurm.log_info("part name[%d]:%s", i, part.name)
+			slurm.log_info("part name[%d]:%s", inx, part.name)
+			inx = inx + 1
 			if part.flag_default ~= 0 then
 				top_priority = -1
 				break
@@ -38,8 +40,8 @@ function slurm_job_submit(job_desc, part_list, submit_uid)
 			end
 		end
 		if top_priority >= 0 then
-			slurm.log_info("slurm_job_submit: job from uid %d, setting default partition value: %s",
-				 job_desc.user_id, new_partition)
+			slurm.log_info("slurm_job_submit: job from uid %u, setting default partition value: %s",
+					job_desc.user_id, new_partition)
 			job_desc.partition = new_partition
 		end
 	end
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ end
 function slurm_job_modify(job_desc, job_rec, part_list, modify_uid)
 	if job_desc.comment == nil then
 		local comment = "***TEST_COMMENT***"
-		slurm.log_info("slurm_job_modify: for job %u from uid %d, setting default comment value: %s",
-			 job_rec.job_id, modify_uid, comment)
+		slurm.log_info("slurm_job_modify: for job %u from uid %u, setting default comment value: %s",
+				job_rec.job_id, modify_uid, comment)
 		job_desc.comment = comment
 	end