diff --git a/ats/atsMachines/slurmProcessorScheduled.py b/ats/atsMachines/slurmProcessorScheduled.py
index 465f5d5..7eceec5 100644
--- a/ats/atsMachines/slurmProcessorScheduled.py
+++ b/ats/atsMachines/slurmProcessorScheduled.py
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 
 class SlurmProcessorScheduled(lcMachines.LCMachineCore):
 
+    # Strings used to determine which node a user wants the test to run
+    # Used with same_node var
+    _cached_nodes = None  # static/class variable
+    node_list = [] 
+
     lastMessageLine = 0
     remainingCapacity_numNodesReported = -1
     remainingCapacity_numProcsReported = -1
@@ -72,10 +77,64 @@ def init(self):
 
         super(SlurmProcessorScheduled, self).init()
 
-    #
-    # Slurm subtracts one node from the script itself which is running if an salloc is done beforehand.
-    # original coding looked for 'bin/ats' process, which does not work with all the wrappers that
-    # projects put around ats.  We need another method to determine if the ats wrapper or binary
+        # Call get_physical_node to cache the hardware node listing before starting jobs
+        self.get_physical_node(0)
+
+    def expand_nodelist(self, nodelist_field):
+        """
+        Expand a Flux nodelist string like 'rzadams[1002,1005-1007]' into a list of node names.
+        Handles multiple comma-separated patterns.
+        """
+        nodes = []
+        # Regex to find patterns like prefix[range] or prefixNNNN
+        pattern = re.compile(r'([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:\[(.*?)\])?')
+        for match in pattern.finditer(nodelist_field):
+            prefix = match.group(1)
+            bracket = match.group(2)
+            if bracket:
+                for part in bracket.split(','):
+                    part = part.strip()
+                    if '-' in part:
+                        start, end = map(int, part.split('-'))
+                        nodes.extend([f"{prefix}{i}" for i in range(start, end + 1)])
+                    else:
+                        nodes.append(f"{prefix}{part}")
+            else:
+                nodes.append(prefix)
+        return nodes
+
+    def get_physical_node(self, rel_index):
+        """
+        Given a relative node number, return the actual physical node within
+        the Slurm allocation.
+        """
+        if self._cached_nodes is None:
+            nodelist_str = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_NODELIST")
+            if not nodelist_str:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "SLURM_JOB_NODELIST is not set. Are you running inside a Slurm allocation/job?"
+                )
+
+            # Option 1: if your expand_nodelist already handles Slurm-style nodelists,
+            # just call it directly:
+            self._cached_nodes = self.expand_nodelist(nodelist_str)
+
+            # Option 2 (alternative): use scontrol show hostnames to expand for you:
+            # out = subprocess.check_output(
+            #     f"scontrol show hostnames {nodelist_str}", shell=True
+            # ).decode().splitlines()
+            # self._cached_nodes = out
+
+            # Optional logging
+            log(("Info: Physical Hardware Nodes: %s" % self._cached_nodes), echo=True)
+            # log(f"Info: Physical Hardware Nodes: {self._cached_nodes}", echo=True)
+
+        nodes = self._cached_nodes
+        if rel_index < 0 or rel_index >= len(nodes):
+            raise IndexError(f"Relative index {rel_index} out of range (0-{len(nodes)-1})")
+        return nodes[rel_index]
+
+
     # will be taking up one of the cores.
     #
     # Let's try and do this with ENV VARS instead
@@ -318,6 +377,21 @@ def calculateCommandList(self, test):
         if self.exclusive == True:
             srun_ex_or_sh = "--exclusive"
 
+        # If the user requests that a test be run on the same node then we store the identifying string
+        # and then spread the node identifiers across the nodes we have access to. This way users dont need
+        # to think about how many nodes there are or which one they want to run on.
+        srun_nodelist = '--comment="no_nodelist"'
+        same_node = test.options.get('same_node', None)
+        if same_node is not None:
+            if same_node not in self.node_list:
+                self.node_list.append(same_node)
+            rel_node = self.node_list.index(same_node) % self.numNodes
+            physical_node = self.get_physical_node(rel_node)
+            srun_nodelist = '--nodelist=%s' % physical_node
+            distribution="no_distribution"
+
+        # print("SAD DEBUG NODELIST = %s" % (srun_nodelist))
+
         # 2021-07-14 SAD Old logic where we were using overlap for newer SchedMD slurm update
         #                May not be needed now, but leave this in for a bit in case
         #                we need to revert
@@ -348,9 +422,12 @@ def calculateCommandList(self, test):
 
         #
         # If the distribution is unset, then set it to cyclic
+        # If same_node was processed, make a comment, do not add a distribution opion though
         #
         if distribution == 'unset':
             srun_distribution="--distribution=cyclic"
+        elif distribution=='no_distribution':
+            srun_distribution="--comment=no_distribution"
         else:
             srun_distribution="--distribution=%s" % distribution
 
@@ -494,7 +571,7 @@ def calculateCommandList(self, test):
                 return ["salloc", srun_partition, srun_ex_or_sh, srun_nodes, extra_sargs] + commandList
             else:
                 return ["srun", srun_mpi_type, "--label", "-J", test.jobname,
-                    srun_partition, srun_ex_or_sh, srun_unbuffered, srun_mpibind, srun_distribution, srun_nodes, srun_cpus_per_task,
+                    srun_partition, srun_ex_or_sh, srun_unbuffered, srun_mpibind, srun_distribution, srun_nodes, srun_cpus_per_task, srun_nodelist,
                     "--ntasks=%i" % np, extra_sargs \
                    ] + commandList
 
@@ -527,11 +604,12 @@ def calculateCommandList(self, test):
         if SlurmProcessorScheduled.debugClass:
             print("SAD DEBUG SRUN800 ")
 
+
         if self.salloc :
             return ["salloc", srun_partition, srun_ex_or_sh, srun_nodes, extra_sargs] + commandList
         else:
             return ["srun", srun_mpi_type, "--label", "-J", test.jobname,
-               srun_partition, srun_ex_or_sh, srun_unbuffered, srun_mpibind, srun_distribution, srun_nodes, srun_cpus_per_task,
+               srun_partition, srun_ex_or_sh, srun_unbuffered, srun_mpibind, srun_distribution, srun_nodes, srun_cpus_per_task, srun_nodelist,
                "--ntasks=%i" % np, extra_sargs, \
                ] + commandList
 
diff --git a/test/HelloSameNode/READ.ME b/test/HelloSameNode/READ.ME
index 68fbad1..8514822 100644
--- a/test/HelloSameNode/READ.ME
+++ b/test/HelloSameNode/READ.ME
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ How to use:
     export PATH=/usr/gapps/ats/${SYS_TYPE}/7.0.${USER}/bin:$PATH
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Toss 4 CTS : flux under salloc
-Toss 4 EAS : flux native scheduler
-
-atsflux can be used for either, the difference is how the job starts, but
-both can use flux with same 'atsflux' command.
+- FLUX
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     export -n MPICH_GPU_SUPPORT_ENABLED
     ./create_test_ats.py        <- create the ats test file
@@ -26,6 +22,11 @@ FAILED:  0
 PASSED:   32
 
 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- SLURM
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    ./create_test_ats.py        <- create the ats test file
+    atslite1 test.ats      <- test using slurm
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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