diff --git a/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/DistributedCLEProcess.py b/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/DistributedCLEProcess.py
index 808f221e8f5f9ac86e14ff1bea43570ccb8d5d22..9267a67793d6a3ac783e4f217e2943afb6f89ce8 100644
--- a/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/DistributedCLEProcess.py
+++ b/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/DistributedCLEProcess.py
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ def launch_cle(argv): # pragma: no cover
                             help='the global experiment RNG seed', required=True)
         parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
                             help='increase output verbosity')
+        parser.add_argument('--token', dest='token',
+                            help='specify the user Token', required=True)
+        parser.add_argument('--experiment_id', dest='experiment_id',
+                            help='specify the experiment id', required=True)
 
         args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
@@ -100,8 +104,8 @@ def launch_cle(argv): # pragma: no cover
                                timeout_type="real",
                                playback_path=None,
                                context_id=None,
-                               token=None,
-                               experiment_id="test",
+                               token=args.token,
+                               experiment_id=args.experiment_id,
                                brain_processes=None,
                                rng_seed=int(args.rng_seed))
 
diff --git a/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/NestLauncher.py b/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/NestLauncher.py
index ca00e3dec6e7d4886e8ebcddcd1a66b62dceb7d4..d8e97a1275cac096c14bf7913160440faa7a5c93 100644
--- a/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/NestLauncher.py
+++ b/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/hbp_nrp_distributed_nest/launch/NestLauncher.py
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ class NestLauncher(object):
                 '--reservation={}'.format(reservation_str),
                 '--sim-id={}'.format(self._sim_config._sim_id),
                 '--timeout={}'.format(timeout_str),
-                '--rng-seed={}'.format(rng_str)]
+                '--rng-seed={}'.format(rng_str),
+                '--token={}'.format(self._sim_config._token),
+                '--experiment_id={}'.format(self._sim_config.experiment_id)]
 
         exe = '{python} -m hbp_nrp_distributed_nest.launch.main {args}'\
               .format(python=sys.executable, args=' '.join(args))