diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8b07512..d22ab1f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ version "1.3.0-SNAPSHOT"
 description "XNAT Pipeline Engine UI Plugin"
 
 def pipelineVersion = "1.8.10"
+def pipelineXnatTools = "1.9.0"
 def pipelineDependencyVersion = "1.0"
 
 repositories {
@@ -47,9 +48,9 @@ repositories {
 configurations {
     all {
         exclude group: "junit"
-        exclude group: "net.logstash.logback"
+        // exclude group: "net.logstash.logback"
         exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "log4j-over-slf4j"
-        exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-log4j12"
+        // exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-log4j12"
         exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-simple"
     }
     implementation.extendsFrom(implementAndInclude)
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementAndInclude ("org.nrg.xnat.pipeline:xnat-pipeline:${pipelineVersion}") {
         transitive = false
     }
-    implementAndInclude ("org.nrg.xnat.pipeline:xnat-tools:${pipelineVersion}"){
+    implementAndInclude ("org.nrg.xnat.pipeline:xnat-tools:${pipelineXnatTools}"){
         transitive = false
     }
     implementAndInclude ("com.lowagie:itext") {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnatx/pipeline/component/DefaultXnatPipelineLauncher.java b/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnatx/pipeline/component/DefaultXnatPipelineLauncher.java
index 125bdb5..dc287fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnatx/pipeline/component/DefaultXnatPipelineLauncher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnatx/pipeline/component/DefaultXnatPipelineLauncher.java
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ public void setPipelineLaunchParameters(final PipelineLaunchParameters pipelineL
         this.pipelineLaunchParameters = pipelineLaunchParameters;
     }
 
+    public void setPipelineName(String pipelineName) {
+        pipelineLaunchParameters.setPipelineName(pipelineName);
+    }
+
+    public void notify(String... emails) {
+        pipelineLaunchParameters.notificationEmailId(emails);
+    }
+
+    public void setParameterFile(String parameterFile) {
+        pipelineLaunchParameters.setParameterFile(parameterFile);
+    }
+
     public void setBuildDir(String path) {
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(path)) {
             return;
@@ -76,7 +88,9 @@ public void setNeedsBuildDir(boolean needsBuildDir) {
         pipelineLaunchParameters.setNeedsBuildDir(needsBuildDir);
     }
 
-
+    public void setSupressNotification(boolean supressNotification) {
+        pipelineLaunchParameters.setSupressNotification(supressNotification);
+    }
 
     /*
      * Use this method when you want the job to be executed after schedule
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/templates/screens/xnat_projectData/tabs/Pipelines.vm b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/templates/screens/xnat_projectData/tabs/Pipelines.vm
index 92aa5eb..ce22e4e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/templates/screens/xnat_projectData/tabs/Pipelines.vm
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/templates/screens/xnat_projectData/tabs/Pipelines.vm
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@
 <!-- if not a project owner, hide the tab added to the project page -->
 <script>
  console.log("Not found and removing");
-        jq(document).find('a[href=#Pipelines]').parents('li').hide();
+    $('ul.yui-nav li:has(a[href$="Pipelines"])').remove();
+    $(document).ready(function(){
+        // to avoid possible conflicts in tab initialization, wait until the DOM loads and then add 50 milliseconds before triggering the YUI tab view
+        window.setTimeout( function(){ window.summaryTabView.set('activeIndex',0) },50)
+    });
 </script>
 
 #end