diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/run-pyspark.ssp b/src/main/resources/templates/run-pyspark.ssp
index b13f6f2..bdbb2b4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/run-pyspark.ssp
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/run-pyspark.ssp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 <%@ var localVariables:Map[String, com.recipegrace.bbc.grmr.Expressions.Expression] %>
 <%@ var evalObject: com.recipegrace.bbc.codegen.ExpressionCreator%>
 <%@ val sparkProperties:String= evalObject.evaluateVariable(sparkJob.sparkJob.props,localVariables).toString%>
+<%@ val sparkPropertiesCalculated:List[(String,String)] = if(sparkProperties.isEmpty || !sparkProperties.contains("==")) List() else sparkProperties.split(",").flatMap(f=> f.split("==")).grouped(2).map(f=> f.head ->f(1)).toList%>
 <%@ val hasArguments:Boolean = sparkJob.sparkJob.args.nonEmpty%>
 <%@ var name: String%>
 
@@ -13,6 +14,6 @@
     job_name='submit_spark_${sparkJob.name}',
     pyfiles=[${ sparkJob.sparkJob.otherPyFiles.map(f=> "'"+evalObject.evaluateVariable(f,localVariables )+"'").mkString(",")}],
     #if(hasArguments)arguments=[${sparkJob.sparkJob.args.get.map(f=> "'"+evalObject.evaluateVariable(f,localVariables )+"'").mkString(",")}],
-    #end#if(sparkProperties.nonEmpty)dataproc_spark_properties='${sparkProperties}',
+    #end#if(sparkProperties.nonEmpty)dataproc_spark_properties={${sparkPropertiesCalculated.map(f=> "'"+ f._1 +"':'"+f._2 +"'").mkString(", ")}},
     #endcluster_name='${clusterName}'.lower()
   )
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/run-spark.ssp b/src/main/resources/templates/run-spark.ssp
index d55b6f8..eadfa03 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/run-spark.ssp
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/run-spark.ssp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 <%@ var localVariables:Map[String, com.recipegrace.bbc.grmr.Expressions.Expression] %>
 <%@ var evalObject: com.recipegrace.bbc.codegen.ExpressionCreator%>
 <%@ val sparkProperties:String= evalObject.evaluateVariable(sparkJob.sparkJob.props,localVariables).toString%>
+<%@ val sparkPropertiesCalculated:List[(String,String)] = if(sparkProperties.isEmpty || !sparkProperties.contains("==")) List() else sparkProperties.split(",").flatMap(f=> f.split("==")).grouped(2).map(f=> f.head ->f(1)).toList%>
 <%@ val hasArguments:Boolean = sparkJob.sparkJob.args.nonEmpty%>
 <%@ var name: String%>
 <%@ val jarLocationCalculated: String  = sparkJob.sparkJob.repository match {
@@ -20,6 +21,6 @@ case _ => evalObject.evaluateVariable(sparkJob.sparkJob.jarLocation.get, localVa
     main_class='${sparkJob.sparkJob.mainClass}',
     job_name='submit_spark_${sparkJob.name}',
     #if(hasArguments)arguments=[${ sparkJob.sparkJob.args.get.map(f=> "'"+evalObject.evaluateVariable(f,localVariables )+"'").mkString(",")}],
-    #end#if(sparkProperties.nonEmpty)dataproc_spark_properties='${sparkProperties}',
+    #end#if(sparkProperties.nonEmpty)dataproc_spark_properties={${sparkPropertiesCalculated.map(f=> "'"+ f._1 +"':'"+f._2 +"'").mkString(", ")}},
     #endcluster_name='${clusterName}'.lower()
   )
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diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/recipegrace/bbc/composer/TemplateTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/recipegrace/bbc/composer/TemplateTest.scala
index 4693534..a4ae864 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/recipegrace/bbc/composer/TemplateTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/recipegrace/bbc/composer/TemplateTest.scala
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class TemplateTest extends BaseBBCGrammarTest with ExpressionCreator{
     val localVariables = Map(): Map[String, Expression]
     object evalObject extends ExpressionCreator
     val mainPyFile = "samplel.py"
-    val sparkProps = "-x.ua  y.ub"
+    val sparkProps = "ua==BX,ub==AX"
     val programArguments = Array("arg1", "arg2")
     val otherPyFiles = Array("sample1.py","sample2.py")
     val jobName = "Zjob"
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TemplateTest extends BaseBBCGrammarTest with ExpressionCreator{
          |    job_name='submit_spark_${job._2.name}',
          |    pyfiles=[${otherPyFiles.map(f => "'" + f + "'").mkString(",")}],
          |    arguments=[${programArguments.map(f => "'" + f + "'").mkString(",")}],
-         |    dataproc_spark_properties='${sparkProps}',
+         |    dataproc_spark_properties={'ua':'BX', 'ub':'AX'},
          |    cluster_name='${clusterName}'.lower()
   )""".stripMargin
   }
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class TemplateTest extends BaseBBCGrammarTest with ExpressionCreator{
     val localVariables = Map():Map[String, Expression]
     object evalObject extends ExpressionCreator
     val className = "com.x.y.Z"
-    val sparkProps = "-x.ua  y.ub"
+    val sparkProps = "a==b,b==c"
     val programArguments = Array("arg1", "arg2")
     val jarURI = "jar link"
     val jobName = "Zjob"
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class TemplateTest extends BaseBBCGrammarTest with ExpressionCreator{
                                                  |    main_class='${job._2.sparkJob.mainClass}',
                                                  |    job_name='submit_spark_${job._2.name}',
                                                  |    arguments=[${programArguments.map(f=>"'"+f+"'").mkString(",")}],
-                                                 |    dataproc_spark_properties='${sparkProps}',
+                                                 |    dataproc_spark_properties={'a':'b', 'b':'c'},
                                                  |    cluster_name='${clusterName}'.lower()
   )""".stripMargin