diff --git a/sisyphus/shortcuts.py b/sisyphus/shortcuts.py
index d8d8019..c82e722 100644
--- a/sisyphus/shortcuts.py
+++ b/sisyphus/shortcuts.py
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ def add_subparsers(parsers):
                                                    help='All config files that will be loaded')
     parser_remove_job_and_descendants.set_defaults(func=remove_job_and_descendants)
 
+    parser_setup_job_directory = sc_subparsers.add_parser(
+        "setup_job_directory",
+        help="setup a job that is marked as runnable manually"
+    )
+    parser_setup_job_directory.add_argument("--job", help="job path")
+    parser_setup_job_directory.add_argument('argv', metavar='ARGV', type=str, nargs='*',
+                                                   help='All config files that will be loaded')
+    parser_setup_job_directory.set_defaults(func=setup_job_directory)
+
     parser_show_jobs_in_webserver = sc_subparsers.add_parser(
         'show_jobs_in_webserver',
         help="Start webserver which shows all given jobs")
@@ -188,6 +197,13 @@ def remove_job_and_descendants(args):
     call_sis(call)
 
 
+def setup_job_directory(args):
+    for conf_file in args.argv:
+        call = ['console', conf_file, '--script', '-c',
+                'tk.setup_job_directory(tk.sis_graph.find("%s")[0])' % (args.job)]
+        call_sis(call)
+
+        
 def show_job_in_webserver(args):
     call = ['console', '--script']
     for job in args.job: