diff --git a/core/modes/__init__.py b/core/modes/__init__.py
index c5d5589b71304bd6f0125006fb2dc5a32dba92b4..75aa8f2679f569dc3ae790a2653b839b8367c65a 100644
--- a/core/modes/__init__.py
+++ b/core/modes/__init__.py
@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ class Slurm(ModeBase):
             with open(f"{self.job.driver_path}/SlurmIDMapping.json", "r") as file:
                 mapping = json.loads(file.read())
                 self.slurm_simple_job_id = mapping[get_cenv("CI_JOB_ID")]
-            return
+                if self.job.down_scoping:
+                    if not subprocess.run([f'{self.job.driver_path}/core/scripts/runHelper.sh',
+                                            f'sudo -u {self.job.account} srun --jobid={self.slurm_simple_job_id} /usr/bin/zsh -l -c echo']).returncode:
+                        return
+                    else:
+                        man.remove_id_mapping(f"{self.job.driver_path}/SlurmIDMapping.json", get_cenv("CI_JOB_ID"))
         except (IOError, KeyError):
             self.slurm_simple_job_id = None
             logging.warning(f'Could not read internal Slurm jobid from mapping file')