diff --git a/wrapspawner/wrapspawner.py b/wrapspawner/wrapspawner.py
index e4d10de..bc482b6 100644
--- a/wrapspawner/wrapspawner.py
+++ b/wrapspawner/wrapspawner.py
@@ -326,5 +326,205 @@ def options_form(self):
         return self.form_template.format(input_template=text)
 
 
+class   BatchFilesSpawner(WrapSpawner):
+    """BatchFilesSpawner allows batch commands to be displayed and customized
+    before launch by a user via a HTML textfield.
+    These commands are divided into two categories: System and User.
+    System commands are available to all users, and User
+    commands are stored in the specific user's home directory. The filepaths
+    for these are set in the jupyterhub config by the following variables:
+    c.BatchFilesSpawner.system_profile_path
+    c.BatchFilesSpawner.user_profile_path
+    """
+
+    profiles = List(
+        trait=Tuple(Unicode(), Unicode(), Type(Spawner), Dict(), Unicode()),
+        default_value=[('Local Notebook Server', 'local', LocalProcessSpawner,
+                        {'start_timeout': 15, 'http_timeout': 10}, "")],
+        minlen=0,
+        config=True,
+        help="""List of profiles to offer for selection. Signature is:
+            List(Tuple( Unicode, Unicode, Type(Spawner), Dict )) corresponding to
+            profile display name, unique key, Spawner class, dictionary of spawner config options.
+
+            The first three values will be exposed in the input_template as {display}, {key}, and {type}"""
+    )
+
+    child_profile = Unicode()
+
+    empty_form_template = Unicode("""
+    No batch profiles available.
+     <script type="application/javascript">
+         window.onload = function(){
+             var form = document.getElementById("spawn_form");
+             var elements = form.elements;
+             for (var i = 0, len = elements.length; i < len; ++i) {
+                 elements[i].disabled = true
+             }
+         }
+</script>  
+     """)
+
+    form_template = Unicode(
+        """
+         <script type="application/javascript">
+         {batch_commands}
+         {select_handler}
+         </script>
+        <label for="profile">Select a job profile:</label>
+        <select onchange = "profile_selected()" id = "profile_selector" class="form-control" name="profile" required autofocus>
+        {input_template}
+        </select>
+        <textarea style ="height: 400px;"class="form-control" id="batch_command" name="batch_command">{batch_command}</textarea>
+        """,
+        config=True,
+        help="""Template to use to construct options_form text. {input_template} is replaced with
+            the result of formatting input_template against each item in the profiles list."""
+    )
+
+    first_template = Unicode('selected',
+                             config=True,
+                             help="Text to substitute as {first} in input_template"
+                             )
+
+    input_template = Unicode("""
+        <option id="{id}" value="{key}" {first}>{display}</option>""",
+                             config=True,
+                             help="""Template to construct {input_template} in form_template. This text will be formatted
+            against each item in the profiles list, in order, using the following key names:
+            ( display, key, type ) for the first three items in the tuple, and additionally
+            first = "checked" (taken from first_template) for the first item in the list, so that
+            the first item starts selected."""
+                             )
+
+    options_form = Unicode()
+
+    spawner_class = Unicode(config = True,
+                            default_value="SlurmSpawner")
+
+    system_profile_path = Unicode(config=True,
+                                  help="Directory path where batch files are stored")
+
+    user_profile_path = Unicode(config=True,
+                                help="Path to users' homedirectories")
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        '''
+        if 'spawner_class' in kwargs['config']['BatchFilesSpawner']:
+            self.spawner_class = kwargs['config']['BatchFilesSpawner']['spawner_class']
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.spawner_class = 'SlurmSpawner'
+
+
+        if 'system_profile_path' in kwargs['config']['BatchFilesSpawner']:
+            self.system_profile_path = kwargs['config']['BatchFilesSpawner']['system_profile_path']
+        else:
+            self.system_profile_path = os.path.dirname(self.config.JupyterHub.config_file) + "/jupyterhub/profiles"
+
+        if 'user_profile_path' in kwargs['config']['BatchFilesSpawner']:
+            self.user_profile_path = kwargs['config']['BatchFilesSpawner']['user_profile_path']
+        else:
+            self.user_profile_path = None
+            '''
+
+    def _options_form_default(self):
+        self._load_profiles_from_fs()
+        if len(self.profiles) > 0:
+            temp_keys = [dict(display=p[0], key=p[1], type=p[2], id=p[1], first='') for p in self.profiles]
+            temp_keys[0]['first'] = self.first_template
+            text = ''.join([self.input_template.format(**tk) for tk in temp_keys])
+            batch_command = self.profiles[0][4]
+            batch_commands = dict()
+
+            for profile in self.profiles:
+                batch_commands[profile[1]] = profile[4]
+            batch_commands = json.dumps(batch_commands)
+            batch_commands = "var batch_commands = " + batch_commands
+            select_handler = """function profile_selected(){
+            var select = document.getElementById("profile_selector"); 
+            var batch_command_id = select[select.selectedIndex].id;
+            document.getElementById("batch_command").value = batch_commands[batch_command_id];
+            }"""
+            return self.form_template.format(input_template=text, batch_command=batch_command,
+                                             batch_commands=batch_commands,
+                                             select_handler=select_handler)
+        else:
+            return self.empty_form_template
+
+    def options_from_form(self, formdata):
+        # Default to first profile if somehow none is provided
+        self._load_profiles_from_fs()
+        self.config[self.spawner_class]['batch_script'] = str(formdata['batch_command'][0])
+        return dict(profile=formdata.get('profile', [self.profiles[0][1]])[0])
+
+    def _load_profiles_from_fs(self):
+        '''This private function handles loading/re-loading custom profiles from
+        the System profile directory and User profile directory listed in the
+        configuration file.'''
+        new_profiles = self._load_profiles(self.system_profile_path, "System:")
+        self.profiles = new_profiles
+        if self.user_profile_path is not None:
+            path = self.user_profile_path + self.user.escaped_name + "/.jupyter/hub/profiles"
+            new_profiles = self._load_profiles(path, "User:")
+            for profile in new_profiles:
+                self.profiles.append(profile)
+
+        return
+
+    def _load_profiles(self, filepath, prefix):
+        '''This private function loads system profiles from the filepath specified,
+        pre-pending each one with the prefix passed in'''
+        new_profiles = []
+        try:
+            files = os.listdir(filepath)
+            files = [filepath + "/" + f for f in files]
+            count = 0
+            for file in files:
+                count += 1
+                with open(file) as f:
+                    lines = f.readlines()
+                    f.seek(0)
+                    option = prefix + lines[1]
+                    option = option.replace("\n", "")
+                    option = re.sub("#JUPYTER", "", option, re.IGNORECASE)
+                    new_profiles.append(tuple((option,
+                                               prefix + str(count), 'batchspawner.' + self.spawner_class,
+                                               dict(req_nprocs='1', req_partition='compute', req_runtime='24:00:00'),
+                                               f.read())))
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
+        return new_profiles
+
+    def select_profile(self, profile):
+        # Select matching profile, or do nothing (leaving previous or default config in place)
+        for p in self.profiles:
+            if p[1] == profile:
+                self.child_class = p[2]
+                self.child_config = p[3]
+                break
+
+    def construct_child(self):
+        self.child_profile = self.user_options.get('profile', "")
+        self.select_profile(self.child_profile)
+        super().construct_child()
+
+    def load_child_class(self, state):
+        try:
+            self.child_profile = state['profile']
+        except KeyError:
+            self.child_profile = ''
+        self.select_profile(self.child_profile)
+
+    def get_state(self):
+        state = super().get_state()
+        state['profile'] = self.child_profile
+        return state
+
+    def clear_state(self):
+        super().clear_state()
+        self.child_profile = ''
+
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