diff --git a/R/nmm-config.R b/R/nmm-config.R
index d947343..c9b8377 100644
--- a/R/nmm-config.R
+++ b/R/nmm-config.R
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
 #'
 #' @param .mod a bbi nonmem model object
 #' @param model_number a string of model number e.g. 101a15. Default is pulled from .mod
-#' @param files_to_track a vector of file extensions. Default is c("lst", "ext", "grd")
-#' @param tmp_dir a temporary directory location to run nonmem. Default is /tmp
+#' @param files_to_track a vector of file extensions. If left blank, nmm will use .ext, .lst. and .grd.
+#' @param tmp_dir a temporary directory location to run nonmem. If left blank nmm will use /tmp
 #' @param watched_dir the directory where nonmem will output. Default is here::here()/model/nonmem
 #' @param output_dir the directory where watcher will place log and any output files default is here::here()/model/nonmem/in_progress
-#' @param poll_duration the amount of time in seconds between the watchers polling
-#' @param alert Where to send alerts if any. Default is None, available options are None or Slack
-#' @param level What level to log at. Default is info. Available options are Trace, Debug, Info, Warn, Fatal
-#' @param email if alert is set to Slack, this should be the email associated with slack to get messages sent directly to you.
-#' @param threads number of threads if running a parallel job. Default is 1
-#' @param topic the ntfy.sh topic to send alerts to.
+#' @param poll_duration the amount of time in seconds between the watchers polling. If left blank, nmm will use 1 second
+#' @param level What level to log at. Available options are Trace, Debug, Info, Warn, Fatal if left blank, nmm will use Info
+#' @param threads number of threads if running a parallel job. If left blank nmm will use 1
+#' @param alerter_opts a list for setting up an alerter fields needed are alerter, command, message_flag, use_stdout, args (list of additional args to be passed to alerter)
 #'
 #' @return none
 #' @keywords internal
@@ -22,27 +20,22 @@
 #' }
 generate_nmm_config <- function(
     .mod,
-    model_number = "",
-    files_to_track = c("lst", "ext", "grd"),
-    tmp_dir = "/tmp",
+    model_number = NULL,
+    files_to_track = NULL,
+    tmp_dir = NULL,
     watched_dir = file.path("model", "nonmem"),
     output_dir = file.path(watched_dir, "in_progress"),
-    poll_duration = 1,
-    alert = "None",
-    level = "Debug",
-    email = "",
-    threads = 1,
-    topic = ""
+    poll_duration = NULL,
+    level = NULL,
+    threads = NULL,
+    alerter_opts = list()
 ) {
-  if (model_number == "") {
+  if (is.null(model_number)) {
     model_number <- basename(.mod$absolute_model_path)
   }
 
-  alert <- paste0(toupper(substring(alert, 1, 1)), substring(alert, 2))
-  level <- paste0(toupper(substring(level, 1, 1)), substring(level, 2))
-
-  if (alert == "Slack" && email == "") {
-    rlang::abort("If you want slack notifications you must also supply an email.")
+  if (!is.null(level)) {
+    level <- paste0(toupper(substring(level, 1, 1)), substring(level, 2))
   }
 
   if (watched_dir == file.path("model", "nonmem")) {
@@ -59,13 +52,25 @@ generate_nmm_config <- function(
     watched_dir = watched_dir,
     output_dir = output_dir,
     poll_duration = poll_duration,
-    alert = alert,
     level = level,
-    email = email,
-    threads = threads,
-    topic = topic
+    threads = threads
   )
 
+  toml <- purrr::compact(toml)
   config_toml_path <- paste0(.mod$absolute_model_path, ".toml")
-  write_file(rextendr::to_toml(toml), config_toml_path)
+  alerter_opts <- purrr::compact(alerter_opts)
+
+  if (length(alerter_opts) != 0) {
+    if ("args" %in% names(alerter_opts)) {
+      write_file(rextendr::to_toml(
+        toml,
+        alerter = alerter_opts[names(alerter_opts) != "args"],
+        alerter.args = alerter_opts$args),
+        config_toml_path)
+    } else {
+      write_file(rextendr::to_toml(toml, alerter = alerter_opts), config_toml_path)
+    }
+  } else {
+    write_file(rextendr::to_toml(toml), config_toml_path)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/man/generate_nmm_config.Rd b/man/generate_nmm_config.Rd
index 2c1676f..6d94633 100644
--- a/man/generate_nmm_config.Rd
+++ b/man/generate_nmm_config.Rd
@@ -6,17 +6,15 @@
 \usage{
 generate_nmm_config(
   .mod,
-  model_number = "",
-  files_to_track = c("lst", "ext", "grd"),
-  tmp_dir = "/tmp",
+  model_number = NULL,
+  files_to_track = NULL,
+  tmp_dir = NULL,
   watched_dir = file.path("model", "nonmem"),
   output_dir = file.path(watched_dir, "in_progress"),
-  poll_duration = 1,
-  alert = "None",
-  level = "Debug",
-  email = "",
-  threads = 1,
-  topic = ""
+  poll_duration = NULL,
+  level = NULL,
+  threads = NULL,
+  alerter_opts = list()
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -24,25 +22,21 @@ generate_nmm_config(
 
 \item{model_number}{a string of model number e.g. 101a15. Default is pulled from .mod}
 
-\item{files_to_track}{a vector of file extensions. Default is c("lst", "ext", "grd")}
+\item{files_to_track}{a vector of file extensions. If left blank, nmm will use .ext, .lst. and .grd.}
 
-\item{tmp_dir}{a temporary directory location to run nonmem. Default is /tmp}
+\item{tmp_dir}{a temporary directory location to run nonmem. If left blank nmm will use /tmp}
 
 \item{watched_dir}{the directory where nonmem will output. Default is here::here()/model/nonmem}
 
 \item{output_dir}{the directory where watcher will place log and any output files default is here::here()/model/nonmem/in_progress}
 
-\item{poll_duration}{the amount of time in seconds between the watchers polling}
+\item{poll_duration}{the amount of time in seconds between the watchers polling. If left blank, nmm will use 1 second}
 
-\item{alert}{Where to send alerts if any. Default is None, available options are None or Slack}
+\item{level}{What level to log at. Available options are Trace, Debug, Info, Warn, Fatal if left blank, nmm will use Info}
 
-\item{level}{What level to log at. Default is info. Available options are Trace, Debug, Info, Warn, Fatal}
+\item{threads}{number of threads if running a parallel job. If left blank nmm will use 1}
 
-\item{email}{if alert is set to Slack, this should be the email associated with slack to get messages sent directly to you.}
-
-\item{threads}{number of threads if running a parallel job. Default is 1}
-
-\item{topic}{the ntfy.sh topic to send alerts to.}
+\item{alerter_opts}{a list for setting up an alerter fields needed are alerter, command, message_flag, use_stdout, args (list of additional args to be passed to alerter)}
 }
 \value{
 none
diff --git a/vignettes/Running-nonmem.Rmd b/vignettes/Running-nonmem.Rmd
index ebd66ba..a5b306e 100644
--- a/vignettes/Running-nonmem.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/Running-nonmem.Rmd
@@ -242,21 +242,12 @@ curl -d "Finished model run: 1001-nonmem-run $JOBID" ntfy.sh/ntfy_demo
 To reiterate, this template file is run as a bash shell script so anything you can do in bash you can put into the template and pass the needed arguments and customize the behavior to your liking.
 
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
-#cancelling any running nonmem jobs
-# state <- slurmtools::get_slurm_jobs(user = "matthews")
-# 
-# if (any(state$job_state %in% c("RUNNING", "CONFIGURING"))) {
-#   for (job_id in state %>% dplyr::filter(job_state == "RUNNING") %>% dplyr::pull("job_id")) {
-#     processx::run("scancel", args = paste0(job_id))
-#   }
-# }
-# 
-# #removing generated files from running this vignette
+#removing generated files from running this vignette
 # nonmem <- file.path("model", "nonmem")
 # 
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001"), recursive = TRUE)
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.yaml"))
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.toml"))
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "submission-log"), recursive = TRUE) 
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.yaml"))
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.toml"))
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "submission-log"), recursive = TRUE) 
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
 ```
diff --git a/vignettes/custom-alerts.Rmd b/vignettes/custom-alerts.Rmd
index a48be3c..b44d55e 100644
--- a/vignettes/custom-alerts.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/custom-alerts.Rmd
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
-  comment = "#>"
+  comment = ""
 )
 ```
 
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Instead of using bbi we can use `nmm` ([NONMEM
 Monitor](https://github.com/A2-ai/nonmem-monitor)) which currently has
 some additional functionality of sending notifications about zero
 gradients, missing -1E9 lines in ext file, and some very basic control
-stream errors. Currently, only slack or [ntfy.sh](ntfy.sh) is supported
-for receiving notifications. To use `nmm` you can install the latest
-release from the github repository linked above.
+stream errors. Nonmem-monitor also allows for setting up an alerter to
+be better fed these messages - more on that later. To use `nmm` you can
+install the latest release from the github repository linked above.
 
 We can update the template file accordingly:
 
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ it's not on our path.
 The `config.toml` file controls what `nmm` will monitor and where to
 look for files and how to alert you. We'll use `generate_nmm_config()`
 to create this file. First we can look at the documentation to see what
-type of information we should pass to this function.![documentation for
+type of information we should pass to this function.
+
+![documentation for
 generate_nmm_config()](data/images/generate_nmm_config_help.png)
 
 ```{r}
@@ -87,22 +89,17 @@ if (file.exists(file.path(nonmem, paste0(mod_number, ".yaml")))) {
 slurmtools::generate_nmm_config(mod)
 ```
 
-This generates the following toml file. Notice that alert is set to
-'None', and both email and topic are empty. Since we're in vignettes
-we'll need to update the `watched_dir` and `output_dir`.
+This generates the following toml file. By passing in just the mod
+object, `nmm` will use the default values for the other options so if
+you need to change which files are tracked, or how many threads to use
+you'll have to explicitly pass that to `generate_nmm_config`. Since
+we're in vignettes we'll need to update the `watched_dir` and
+`output_dir` accordingly.
 
 ``` 1001.toml
 model_number = '1001'
-files_to_track = [ 'lst', 'ext', 'grd' ]
-tmp_dir = '/tmp'
 watched_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/model/nonmem'
 output_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/model/nonmem/in_progress'
-poll_duration = 1
-alert = 'None'
-level = 'Debug'
-email = ''
-threads = 1
-topic = ''
 ```
 
 ```{r}
@@ -116,20 +113,13 @@ This updates the `1001.toml` config file to:
 
 ``` 1001.toml
 model_number = '1001'
-files_to_track = [ 'lst', 'ext', 'grd' ]
-tmp_dir = '/tmp'
 watched_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem'
 output_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress'
-poll_duration = 1
-alert = 'None'
-level = 'Debug'
-email = ''
-threads = 1
-topic = ''
 ```
 
 We can now run `submit_nonmem_model` and get essentially the same
-behavior as running with `bbi`. On linux `~/.local/bin/` will be on your path so saving binaries there is a good approach.
+behavior as running with `bbi`. On linux `~/.local/bin/` will be on your
+path so saving the downloaded binaries there is a good approach.
 
 ```{r}
 submission_nmm <- slurmtools::submit_nonmem_model( 
@@ -144,7 +134,7 @@ submission_nmm
 ```
 
 ```{r}
-slurmtools::get_slurm_jobs()
+slurmtools::get_slurm_jobs(user = "matthews")
 ```
 
 The one difference between using `nmm` compared to `bbi` is that a new
@@ -158,17 +148,14 @@ values off the diagonal so these are fixed at 0. Finally we see that
 GRD(6) hit 0 relatively early in the run.
 
 ``` vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress/1001/modeling_run_20240827201226.log
-20:12:36 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-08-27T20:12:36Z" level=info msg="Successfully loaded default configuration from /cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/bbi.yaml"
-20:12:36 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-08-27T20:12:36Z" level=info msg="Beginning Local Path"
-20:12:36 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-08-27T20:12:36Z" level=info msg="A total of 1 models have completed the initial preparation phase"
-20:12:36 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-08-27T20:12:36Z" level=info msg="[1001] Beginning local work phase"
-20:12:58 [INFO] OMEGA(2,1) has 0 value
-20:12:58 [INFO] SIGMA(2,1) has 0 value
-20:13:00 [INFO] SIGMA(2,1) has 0 value
-20:13:00 [INFO] OMEGA(2,1) has 0 value
-20:13:04 [INFO] SIGMA(2,1) has 0 value
-20:13:04 [INFO] OMEGA(2,1) has 0 value
-20:13:04 [WARN] "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/1001/1001.grd" has 0 gradient for parameter: GRD(6) 
+19:13:45 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-09-20T19:13:45Z" level=info msg="Successfully loaded default configuration from /cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/bbi.yaml"
+19:13:45 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-09-20T19:13:45Z" level=info msg="Beginning Local Path"
+19:13:45 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-09-20T19:13:45Z" level=info msg="A total of 1 models have completed the initial preparation phase"
+19:13:45 [INFO] bbi log: time="2024-09-20T19:13:45Z" level=info msg="[1001] Beginning local work phase"
+19:14:16 [INFO] "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/1001/1001.ext": Iteration: 5, Parameter(s) that hit zero: ["SIGMA(2,1)", "OMEGA(2,1)"]
+19:14:19 [INFO] "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/1001/1001.ext": Iteration: 10, Parameter(s) that hit zero: ["OMEGA(2,1)", "SIGMA(2,1)"]
+19:14:21 [INFO] "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/1001/1001.ext": Iteration: 15, Parameter(s) that hit zero: ["SIGMA(2,1)", "OMEGA(2,1)"]
+19:14:21 [WARN] "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/1001/1001.grd" Iteration: 10, has 0 gradient for parameter(s): ["GRD(6)"] 
 ```
 
 After a run has finished several messages are sent to the log after a
@@ -176,9 +163,9 @@ final check of the files listed in the `files_to_track` field of the
 `1001.toml` file.
 
 ``` vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress/1001/modeling_run_20240827201226.log
-20:13:16 [INFO] Received Exit code: exit status: 0
-20:13:16 [WARN] 1001.ext: Missing ext final output lines. Observed lines were: [-1000000000.0, -1000000004.0, -1000000006.0, -1000000007.0]
-20:13:16 [WARN] "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/1001/1001.grd": The following parameters hit zero gradient through the run: ["GRD(6)"]
+19:14:31 [INFO] Received Exit code: exit status: 0
+19:14:31 [WARN] 1001.ext: Missing ext final output lines. Observed lines were: [-1000000000.0, -1000000004.0, -1000000006.0, -1000000007.0]
+19:14:31 [WARN] "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/1001/1001.grd": The following parameters hit zero gradient through the run: ["GRD(6)"]
 ```
 
 We see that GRD(6) hit zero during the run and that only a subset of the
@@ -194,31 +181,40 @@ lines, and 0 parameter values can also be sent to ntfy by altering the
 dig through a noisy log file.
 
 Let's update our call to `generate_nmm_config` to have `nmm` send
-notifications to the `NONMEMmonitor` topic on [ntfy.sh](ntfy.sh).
+notifications to the `NONMEMmonitor` topic on [ntfy.sh](ntfy.sh). Just
+like how `submit_nonmem_model` can feed additional information to the
+template with `slurm_template_opts`, we can add an alerter feature to
+nmm with `alerter_opts`. If we go to ntfy.sh we can see that to send a
+message to ntfy we can run
+`curl -d "Backup successful 😀"  ntfy.sh/mytopic`. `nmm` can call a
+binary with a command and pass a message to a flag. For ntfy, the binary
+is `curl` the message flag is `d` and the command is `ntfy.sh/mytopic`
+and there are no additional args.
 
 ```{r}
 slurmtools::generate_nmm_config( 
   mod, 
-  alert = "Ntfy",
-  topic = "NONMEMmonitor",
   watched_dir = "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem",
-  output_dir = "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress")
+  output_dir = "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress",
+  alerter_opts = list(
+    alerter = Sys.which('curl'), #binary location of curl,
+    command = "ntfy.sh/NONMEMmonitor",
+    message_flag = "d"
+  )
+)
 ```
 
 This updates the `1001.toml` file to this:
 
 ``` 1001.toml
 model_number = '1001'
-files_to_track = [ 'lst', 'ext', 'grd' ]
-tmp_dir = '/tmp'
 watched_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem'
 output_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress'
-poll_duration = 1
-alert = 'Ntfy'
-level = 'Debug'
-email = ''
-threads = 1
-topic = 'NONMEMmonitor'
+
+[alerter]
+alerter = '/usr/bin/curl'
+command = 'ntfy.sh/NONMEMmonitor'
+message_flag = 'd'
 ```
 
 When we re-run the `submit_nonmem_model` call we will now get ntfy
@@ -232,7 +228,7 @@ submission_nmm <- slurmtools::submit_nonmem_model(
   overwrite = TRUE,
   slurm_job_template_path = file.path(nonmem, "slurm-job-nmm.tmpl"),
   slurm_template_opts = list(
-    nmm_exe_path = normalizePath("~/.local/bin/nmm-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/nmm"))
+    nmm_exe_path = normalizePath("~/.local/bin/nmm"))
 )
 
 submission_nmm
@@ -259,9 +255,9 @@ This gives us the notifications in a much more digestible format
 # #removing generated files from running this vignette
 # nonmem <- file.path("model", "nonmem")
 # 
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001"), recursive = TRUE)
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.yaml"))
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.toml"))
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "submission-log"), recursive = TRUE) 
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.yaml"))
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.toml"))
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "submission-log"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
 ```
diff --git a/vignettes/data/images/generate_nmm_config_help.png b/vignettes/data/images/generate_nmm_config_help.png
index 0c8ace9..3585156 100644
Binary files a/vignettes/data/images/generate_nmm_config_help.png and b/vignettes/data/images/generate_nmm_config_help.png differ
diff --git a/vignettes/data/images/nmm_ntfy_alerts.png b/vignettes/data/images/nmm_ntfy_alerts.png
index 12a4f5d..c22faa9 100644
Binary files a/vignettes/data/images/nmm_ntfy_alerts.png and b/vignettes/data/images/nmm_ntfy_alerts.png differ
diff --git a/vignettes/data/images/nmm_slack_notifications.png b/vignettes/data/images/nmm_slack_notifications.png
index 8fdb45b..26514f0 100644
Binary files a/vignettes/data/images/nmm_slack_notifications.png and b/vignettes/data/images/nmm_slack_notifications.png differ
diff --git a/vignettes/slack-alerts.Rmd b/vignettes/slack-alerts.Rmd
index 3b62f92..7dea508 100644
--- a/vignettes/slack-alerts.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/slack-alerts.Rmd
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
-  comment = "#>"
+  comment = ""
 )
 ```
 
@@ -52,50 +52,76 @@ if (file.exists(file.path(nonmem, paste0(mod_number, ".yaml")))) {
 There is also functionality to pair `nmm` with
 [slack_notifier](https://github.com/A2-ai/slack_notifier/releases/) and
 get messages sent directly to you via a slack bot. This requires you to
-download the slack_notifier binaries and added them to your path so
-`nmm` can find it. You can download the latest release and extract the
-binary and again save it to `~/.local/bin`.
+download the slack_notifier binaries. You can download the latest
+release and extract the binary and again save it to `~/.local/bin`.
 
 ```{r}
-Sys.which("slack_notifier")
+Sys.which("snt")
 ```
 
-slack_notifier requires an additional `slack_notifier/config.yaml` file
-that contains the slack bot OAuth token which is found from
+`snt` requires the slack bot OAuth token which is found from
 [[[https://api.slack.com/apps/\\\\](https://api.slack.com/apps/){.uri}](%5Bhttps://api.slack.com/apps/%5D(https://api.slack.com/apps/)%7B.uri%7D){.uri}\<YOUR
-APP ID\> /oauth?].
+APP ID\> /oauth?]. This can be saved in a file and fed into the `snt`
+with the `tokenFile` flag.
 
 ``` slack_notifier/config.yaml
-SLACK_OAUTH_TOKEN: "encrypted(Bot User OAuth Token)"
+token: "encrypted(Bot User OAuth Token)"
 ```
 
 Again, we need to update the `1001.toml` file to get slack
-notifications. We need to set `alert = "slack"` and provide the `email`
-associated with the slack account in `generate_nmm_config`.
+notifications. If we look at the `snt` help message we see that it
+should be called via
+`snt slack -c config_file -k decryption_key -a token -f tokenFile -e email -m message -t timestamp`
+
+the config_file can contain the key, and token file so you don't need to
+repeatedly use that information. I've saved the tokenFile location and
+key in a config file in `~/.local/bin/slack_notifier_settings.yaml` and
+will use the -c flag to point to that.
+
+With this our call to `snt` would look like:
+
+`snt slack -c ~/.local/bin/slack_notifier_settings.yaml -e matthews@a2-ai.com -m "Hello"`
+
+The timestamp flag is needed if we want to reply to a message, which to
+save on spamming alerts we want to do. However, since we can't possible
+know the timestamp of a message we have yet to send we don't have a way
+of specifying this argument now. This is what the use_stdout argument
+for `nmm` alerter is for. It will capture the standard out of the call
+to the alerter binary and parse it for additional flags to use on
+subsequent calls. With all this in mind, we can update our `nmm` config
+to achieve this slack messaging.
 
 ```{r}
 slurmtools::generate_nmm_config( 
   mod, 
-  alert = "slack",
-  email = "matthews@a2-ai.com",
   watched_dir = "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem",
-  output_dir = "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress")
+  output_dir = "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress",
+  alerter_opts = list(
+    alerter = Sys.which('snt'), #binary location of nmm,
+    command = "slack",
+    message_flag = "m", #This is the default so we don't need to specify it
+    use_stdout = TRUE, #captures output of snt -- which will include --timestamp aksfl;ajklajl;
+    args = list(email = "matthews@a2-ai.com", config = "/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/.local/bin/slack_notifier_settings.yaml")
+  )
+  )
 ```
 
 This generates the following toml file:
 
 ``` 1001.toml
 model_number = '1001'
-files_to_track = [ 'lst', 'ext', 'grd' ]
-tmp_dir = '/tmp'
 watched_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem'
 output_dir = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/Packages/slurmtools/vignettes/model/nonmem/in_progress'
-poll_duration = 1
-alert = 'Slack'
-level = 'Debug'
+
+[alerter]
+alerter = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/.local/bin/snt'
+command = 'slack'
+message_flag = 'm'
+use_stdout = true
+
+[alerter.args]
 email = 'matthews@a2-ai.com'
-threads = 1
-topic = ''
+config = '/cluster-data/user-homes/matthews/.local/bin/slack_notifier_settings.yaml'
 ```
 
 With `alert = 'Slack'` and `email` set in the `1001.toml` file `nmm`
@@ -119,7 +145,7 @@ submission_nmm
 ```
 
 ```{r}
-slurmtools::get_slurm_jobs()
+slurmtools::get_slurm_jobs(user = "matthews")
 ```
 
 ![nmm slack alerts](data/images/nmm_slack_notifications.png)
@@ -137,9 +163,9 @@ slurmtools::get_slurm_jobs()
 # #removing generated files from running this vignette
 # nonmem <- file.path("model", "nonmem")
 # 
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001"), recursive = TRUE)
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.yaml"))
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.toml"))
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "submission-log"), recursive = TRUE) 
-# unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.yaml"))
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "1001.toml"))
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "submission-log"), recursive = TRUE)
+unlink(file.path(nonmem, "in_progress"), recursive = TRUE)
 ```