diff --git a/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.scala b/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.scala
index cc64c2977..8a1d4d70e 100644
--- a/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.scala
+++ b/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.scala
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ class CleanBamFile extends QScript {
   @Argument(doc="firehose port", shortName="FHPort")
   var firehosePort: Int = _
 
-  @Argument(doc="firehose domain", shortName="FHDom")
+  @Argument(doc="firehose domain", shortName="FHDomain")
   var firehoseDomain: String = _
 
+  @Argument(doc="clean bam firehose security token", shortName="FHToken")
+  var firehoseSecurityToken: String = _
+
   @Argument(doc="clean bam firehose entity type", shortName="bamFHEType")
   var bamFirehoseEntityType: String = _
 
@@ -78,9 +81,6 @@ class CleanBamFile extends QScript {
   @Argument(doc="clean bam firehose annotation type name", shortName="bamFHAnn")
   var bamFirehoseAnnotationTypeName: String = _
 
-  @Argument(doc="clean bam firehose security token", shortName="bamFHToken")
-  var bamFirehoseSecurityToken: String = _
-
   trait GATKCommonArgs extends CommandLineGATK {
     this.jarFile = qscript.gatkJar
     this.reference_sequence = qscript.referenceFile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class CleanBamFile extends QScript {
   def script = {
     val blacklistConverter = new CommandLineFunction {
       @Output(doc="blacklist file") var blacklistFile: File = _
-      def commandLine = readGroupBlackListScript + " " + blacklistFile + " " + readGroupBlackList
+      def commandLine = readGroupBlackListScript + " " + blacklistFile + " \"" + readGroupBlackList + "\""
     }
 
     if (readGroupBlackList != null) {
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ class CleanBamFile extends QScript {
     importer.host = firehoseHost
     importer.port = firehosePort
     importer.domain = firehoseDomain
+    importer.securityToken = firehoseSecurityToken
     importer.entityType = bamFirehoseEntityType
     importer.entityID = bamFirehoseEntityID
     importer.annotationTypeName = bamFirehoseAnnotationTypeName
-    importer.securityToken = bamFirehoseSecurityToken
     importer.importValue = fixedBam
     importer.jobDependencies :+= bamIndex.bamFileIndex
 
diff --git a/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.sh b/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..98def9efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ENTITY_TYPE=$1
+ENTITY_ID=$2
+FIREHOSE_TOKEN=$3
+
+FIREHOSE_WORKSPACE=trunk
+FIREHOSE_HOST=firehose
+FIREHOSE_PORT=8080
+FIREHOSE_DOMAIN=gsa
+CLEAN_BAM_ANNOTATION=clean_bam_file
+DEFAULT_QUEUE=gsa
+SHORT_QUEUE=hour
+FIREHOSE_SOURCE_HOME=/humgen/gsa-firehose/firehose/source
+STING_HOME=$FIREHOSE_SOURCE_HOME/Sting
+CGA_HOME=$FIREHOSE_SOURCE_HOME/CancerGenomeAnalysis
+RUN=-run
+TMP_DIR=/broad/shptmp/$USER
+JOB_QUEUE=gsa
+INTERVAL_COUNT=15
+REALIGNER_COUNT=50
+QUEUE_JAR=$STING_HOME/dist/Queue.jar
+GATK_JAR=$STING_HOME/dist/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar
+FIX_MATES_JAR=/seq/software/picard/1.194/bin/FixMateInformation.jar
+SAMTOOLS=/seq/dirseq/samtools/samtools-0.1.7-5/samtools
+FIREHOSE_IMPORT_JAR=$CGA_HOME/analysis_pipeline/tools/dist/ImportSingleValue.jar
+
+CLEAN_BAM_FILE_SCRIPT=$STING_HOME/scala/qscript/kshakir/CleanBamFile.scala
+FIREHOSE_TEST_HARNESS="python $CGA_HOME/analysis_pipeline/scripts/firehose_test_harness.py"
+SPLIT_BY_CONTIG="python $STING_HOME/python/splitIntervalsByContig.py"
+SPLIT_BY_INTERVALS=$STING_HOME/shell/splitIntervals.sh
+MERGE_TEXT=$STING_HOME/shell/mergeText.sh
+CONVERT_BLACKLIST=$CGA_HOME/analysis_pipeline/genepattern/modules/ConvertDependentsList/convert_dependents_list.sh
+
+# Record the Sting version number.
+svnversion $STING_HOME > stingversion.txt
+# If Sting has been modified, record the differences.
+grep -E '^[0-9]+$' stingversion.txt || svn diff $STING_HOME > stingdiff.txt
+
+# Record the CGA version number.
+svnversion $CGA_HOME > cgaversion.txt
+# If CGA has been modified, record the differences.
+grep -E '^[0-9]+$' cgaversion.txt || svn diff $CGA_HOME > cgadiff.txt
+
+# Try to retrieve the blacklist.  If it fails then set it to "".
+$FIREHOSE_TEST_HARNESS -d $FIREHOSE_DOMAIN -w $FIREHOSE_WORKSPACE -n $ENTITY_ID -t $ENTITY_TYPE 'BLACKLIST="${read_group_blacklist}"' && . firehose-populated-commands.sh || BLACKLIST=""
+
+# Retrieve all the required variables and run the pipeline in Queue.
+$FIREHOSE_TEST_HARNESS -d $FIREHOSE_DOMAIN -w $FIREHOSE_WORKSPACE -n $ENTITY_ID -t $ENTITY_TYPE 'REFERENCE_FILE="${reference_file}";BAM_FILE="${recalibrated_bam_file}";DBSNP_FILE="${dbsnp_file}";INTERVAL_FILE="${interval_list}";DATABASE_ID="${database_id}"' && . firehose-populated-commands.sh && \
+\
+JOB_PREFIX=Q-$ENTITY_ID && \
+\
+java \
+-Djava.io.tmpdir="$TMP_DIR" \
+-jar "$QUEUE_JAR" \
+-S "$CLEAN_BAM_FILE_SCRIPT" \
+-bsub -bsubWait -skipUpToDate \
+-jobQueue "$JOB_QUEUE" \
+-jobPrefix "$JOB_PREFIX" \
+-gatk "$GATK_JAR" \
+-base "$ENTITY_ID" \
+-R "$REFERENCE_FILE" \
+-I "$BAM_FILE" \
+-D "$DBSNP_FILE" \
+-L "$INTERVAL_FILE" \
+-RTCSS "$SPLIT_BY_CONTIG" \
+-RTCSC "$INTERVAL_COUNT" \
+-IRSS "$SPLIT_BY_INTERVALS" \
+-IRSC "$REALIGNER_COUNT" \
+-MTS "$MERGE_TEXT" \
+-fixMates "$FIX_MATES_JAR" \
+-samtools "$SAMTOOLS" \
+-RGBLS "$CONVERT_BLACKLIST" \
+-RGBL "$BLACKLIST" \
+-importJar "$FIREHOSE_IMPORT_JAR" \
+-shortQueue "$SHORT_QUEUE" \
+-FHHost "$FIREHOSE_HOST" \
+-FHPort "$FIREHOSE_PORT" \
+-FHDomain "$FIREHOSE_DOMAIN" \
+-FHToken "$FIREHOSE_TOKEN" \
+-bamFHEType "$ENTITY_TYPE" \
+-bamFHEID "$DATABASE_ID" \
+-bamFHAnn "$CLEAN_BAM_ANNOTATION" \
+$RUN || ( echo Job failed. Check stdout.txt for more info. >&2; exit 1; )
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/util/IOUtils.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/util/IOUtils.scala
index 8ba707e1b..95965615b 100644
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/util/IOUtils.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/util/IOUtils.scala
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ object IOUtils {
    * @throws IOException if the directory could not be created.
    */
   def tempDir(prefix: String, suffix: String = "") = {
+    val tempDirParent = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))
+    if (!tempDirParent.exists && !tempDirParent.mkdirs)
+       throw new IOException("Could not create temp directory: " + tempDirParent)
     val temp = File.createTempFile(prefix + "-", suffix)
-    if(!temp.delete)
+    if (!temp.delete)
       throw new IOException("Could not delete sub file: " + temp.getAbsolutePath())
-    if(!temp.mkdir)
+    if (!temp.mkdir)
       throw new IOException("Could not create sub directory: " + temp.getAbsolutePath())
     absolute(temp)
   }