diff --git a/processHippocampus.sh b/processHippocampus.sh
index 9009414..5fb21a6 100755
--- a/processHippocampus.sh
+++ b/processHippocampus.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,35 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# input: foldername, HPCaccountname
+# input: foldername, HPCaccountname, sortType
+# sortType: hmmsort | osort 
 
-# transfer data to hippocampus
-scp -r $1 $2@atlas7:~/hpctmp/Data/ &&
+if [ “$3” == “hmmsort” ] ; then
+	# transfer data to hippocampus
+	scp -r $1 $2@atlas7:~/hpctmp/Data/ &&
 
-# create a transferdone.txt file as indication
-ssh $2@atlas7 "cd ~/hpctmp/Data/$1 && touch transferdone.txt"
+	# create a transferdone.txt file as indication
+	ssh $2@atlas7 "cd ~/hpctmp/Data/$1 && touch transferdone.txt"
 
-# copy the general info to Hippocampus
-targetDir="/volume1/Hippocampus/Data/picasso/$1"
-ssh -p 8398 hippocampus@cortex.nus.edu.sg mkdir -p $targetDir
-scp -P 8398 $1/{*.edf,*.txt,*.xlsx,*.mat} hippocampus@cortex.nus.edu.sg:$targetDir &&
-ssh $2@atlas7 "cd ~/hpctmp/Data/$1 && touch transferredGeneralInfo.txt"
+	# copy the general info to Hippocampus
+	targetDir="/volume1/Hippocampus/Data/picasso/$1"
+	ssh -p 8398 hippocampus@cortex.nus.edu.sg mkdir -p $targetDir
+	scp -P 8398 $1/{*.edf,*.txt,*.xlsx,*.mat} hippocampus@cortex.nus.edu.sg:$targetDir &&
+	ssh $2@atlas7 "cd ~/hpctmp/Data/$1 && touch transferredGeneralInfo.txt"
 
-# run Process Level
-ssh $2@atlas7 'cd ~/hpctmp/Data/'$1' && echo $PWD && matlab2016a2 -nojvm -nosplash -nodisplay -r "ProcessLevel(rplsplit,'\''Levels'\'','\''Day'\'','\''SaveLevels'\'',3,'\''SkipLFP'\'','\''UseHPC'\'','\''HPCCmd'\'','\''source ~/.bash_profile; source /etc/profile.d/rec_modules.sh; module load pbs; qsub $GITHUB_MATLAB/Hippocampus/Compiler/rplsplit/rsHPC_submit_file.txt'\''); exit" && touch submitprocessdone.txt'
+	# run Process Level
+	ssh $2@atlas7 'cd ~/hpctmp/Data/'$1' && echo $PWD && matlab2016b2 -nojvm -nosplash -nodisplay -r 	"ProcessLevel(rplsplit,'\''Levels'\'','\''Day'\'','\''SaveLevels'\'',3,'\''SkipLFP'\'','\''SkipOSort'\'', '\''Channels'\'', 1:124,'\''UseHPC'\'','\''HPCCmd'\'','\''source ~/.bash_profile; source /etc/profile.d/rec_modules.sh; module load pbs; qsub $GITHUB_MATLAB/Hippocampus/Compiler/rplsplit/rsHPC_submit_file.txt'\''); exit" && touch submitprocessdone.txt'
+elif [ “$3” == “osort” ] ; then
+	# transfer data to hippocampus
+       scp -r $1 $2@atlas7:~/hpctmp/Data/ &&
 
+	# create a transferdone.txt file as indication
+       ssh $2@atlas7 "cd ~/hpctmp/Data/$1 && touch transferdone.txt"
 
+	# copy the general info to Hippocampus
+       targetDir="/volume1/Hippocampus/Data/picasso/$1"
+	ssh -p 8398 hippocampus@cortex.nus.edu.sg mkdir -p $targetDir
+
+	# run Process Level
+	ssh $2@atlas7 'cd ~/hpctmp/Data/'$1' && echo $PWD && matlab2016b2 -nojvm -nosplash -nodisplay -r 	"ProcessLevel(rplsplit,'\''Levels'\'','\''Day'\'','\''SaveLevels'\'',3,'\''SkipLFP'\'','\''SkipSort'\'','\''Channels'\'',1:124,'\''UseHPC'\'','\''HPCCmd'\'','\''source ~/.bash_profile; source /etc/profile.d/rec_modules.sh; module load pbs; qsub $GITHUB_MATLAB/Hippocampus/Compiler/rplsplit/rsHPC_submit_file.txt'\''); exit" && touch submitprocessdone.txt'
+else 
+	echo invalid sortType
+fi
diff --git a/transfersession.sh b/transfersession.sh
index 99f25c7..a442d77 100755
--- a/transfersession.sh
+++ b/transfersession.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 cwd=$PWD
 
-sessionDir=${cwd:`expr index "$cwd" 2018`-1}
+year="2018"
+index="${cwd%%$year*}"
+sessionDir=${cwd:${#index}}
 
 targetDir='/volume1/Hippocampus/Data/picasso/'
 targetDir+=$sessionDir