diff --git a/source/daemons/qmaster/sge_job_qmaster.cc b/source/daemons/qmaster/sge_job_qmaster.cc
index f9606eebf..df9850162 100644
--- a/source/daemons/qmaster/sge_job_qmaster.cc
+++ b/source/daemons/qmaster/sge_job_qmaster.cc
@@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ mod_job_attributes(const sge_gdi_packet_class_t *packet, lListElem *new_job, lLi
    if ((pos = lGetPosViaElem(jep, JB_qs_args, SGE_NO_ABORT)) >= 0) {
       DPRINTF("got new JB_qs_args\n");
       lSetList(new_job, JB_qs_args, lCopyList("", lGetList(jep, JB_qs_args)));
+      *trigger |= MOD_EVENT;
       snprintf(SGE_EVENT, SGE_EVENT_SIZE, MSG_SGETEXT_MOD_JOBS_SU, MSG_JOB_QSARGS, sge_u32c(jobid));
       answer_list_add(alpp, SGE_EVENT, STATUS_OK, ANSWER_QUALITY_INFO);
    }
@@ -2636,8 +2637,8 @@ mod_job_attributes(const sge_gdi_packet_class_t *packet, lListElem *new_job, lLi
    /* ---- JB_job_args */
    if ((pos = lGetPosViaElem(jep, JB_job_args, SGE_NO_ABORT)) >= 0) {
       DPRINTF("got new JB_job_args\n");
-      lSetList(new_job, JB_job_args,
-               lCopyList("", lGetList(jep, JB_job_args)));
+      lSetList(new_job, JB_job_args, lCopyList("", lGetList(jep, JB_job_args)));
+      *trigger |= MOD_EVENT;
       snprintf(SGE_EVENT, SGE_EVENT_SIZE, MSG_SGETEXT_MOD_JOBS_SU, MSG_JOB_SCRIPTARGS, sge_u32c(jobid));
       answer_list_add(alpp, SGE_EVENT, STATUS_OK, ANSWER_QUALITY_INFO);
    }