diff --git a/src/job_watcher.rs b/src/job_watcher.rs
index d8c2e2b..253ebea 100644
--- a/src/job_watcher.rs
+++ b/src/job_watcher.rs
@@ -49,15 +49,124 @@ impl JobWatcher {
             .map(|s| s.to_owned() + ":" + output_separator)
             .join(",");
 
+        let fields_sacct = [
+            "jobid",
+            "jobname",
+            "state",
+            "user",
+            "Elapsed",
+            "AllocTRES",
+            "Partition",
+            "NodeList",
+            "SubmitLine",
+            "Reason",
+            "WorkDir",
+        ];
+        let output_format_sacct = fields_sacct.join(",");
+
         loop {
-            let jobs: Vec<Job> = Command::new("squeue")
+            let mut jobs_sacct: Vec<Job> = Command::new("sacct")
+                // .arg("--starttime ") todo make an option
+                .arg("-P")
+                .arg("--noheader")
+                .arg("--delimiter=###turm###")
+                .arg("--format")
+                .arg(&output_format_sacct)
+                .output()
+                .expect("failed to execute sacct process")
+                .stdout
+                .lines()
+                .map(|l| l.unwrap().trim().to_string())
+                .filter_map(|l| {
+                    let parts: Vec<_> = l.split(output_separator).collect();
+
+                    if parts.len() != 11 {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+
+                    // jobid 0,jobname 1,state 2,user 3,Elapsed 4,AllocTRES5, Partition 6,NodeList 7, SubmitLine 8,Reason 9,WorkDir 10
+                    let id = parts[0];
+                    let name = parts[1];
+                    let state = parts[2];
+
+                    // remove the .batch and .extern jobs from sacct
+                    if id.contains(".") {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+                    // do not print running jobs, handeled by squue
+                    if state == "RUNNING" {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+
+                    let user = parts[3];
+                    let time = parts[4];
+                    let tres = parts[5];
+                    let partition = parts[6];
+                    let nodelist = parts[7];
+                    // let stdout = parts[8];
+                    // let stderr = parts[9];
+                    let command = parts[8];
+                    let state_compact = &parts[2][0..1];
+                    let reason = parts[9];
+
+                    let array_job_id =  "N/A";
+                    let array_task_id =  "N/A";
+                    let node_list = parts[7];
+                    let working_dir = parts[10];
+
+                    Some(Job {
+                        job_id: id.to_owned(),
+                        array_id: array_job_id.to_owned(),
+                        array_step: match array_task_id {
+                            "N/A" => None,
+                            _ => Some(array_task_id.to_owned()),
+                        },
+                        name: name.to_owned(),
+                        state: state.to_owned(),
+                        state_compact: state_compact.to_owned(),
+                        reason: if reason == "None" {
+                            None
+                        } else {
+                            Some(reason.to_owned())
+                        },
+                        user: user.to_owned(),
+                        time: time.to_owned(),
+                        tres: tres.to_owned(),
+                        partition: partition.to_owned(),
+                        nodelist: nodelist.to_owned(),
+                        command: command.to_owned(),
+                        stdout: Self::resolve_path(
+                            "",
+                            array_job_id,
+                            array_task_id,
+                            id,
+                            node_list,
+                            user,
+                            name,
+                            working_dir,
+                        ),
+                        stderr: Self::resolve_path(
+                            "",
+                            array_job_id,
+                            array_task_id,
+                            id,
+                            node_list,
+                            user,
+                            name,
+                            working_dir,
+                        ), // TODO fill all fields
+                    })
+                })
+                .collect();
+
+
+            let mut jobs_squeue: Vec<Job> =  Command::new("squeue")
                 .args(&self.squeue_args)
                 .arg("--array")
                 .arg("--noheader")
                 .arg("--Format")
                 .arg(&output_format)
-                .output()
-                .expect("failed to execute process")
+                .output().expect("failed to execute squeue process")
                 .stdout
                 .lines()
                 .map(|l| l.unwrap().trim().to_string())
@@ -131,7 +240,9 @@ impl JobWatcher {
                     })
                 })
                 .collect();
-            self.app.send(AppMessage::Jobs(jobs)).unwrap();
+
+            jobs_squeue.append(&mut jobs_sacct);
+            self.app.send(AppMessage::Jobs(jobs_squeue)).unwrap();
             thread::sleep(self.interval);
         }
     }