diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/core.py b/dask_jobqueue/core.py
index f0ea6dc7..771c2a2a 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/core.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/core.py
@@ -1,30 +1,134 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import logging
 import subprocess
-import toolz
+import socket
+import os
+import sys
+import docrep
 
-from distributed.utils import tmpfile, ignoring
+from distributed.utils import tmpfile, ignoring, get_ip_interface, parse_bytes
+from distributed import LocalCluster
+
+dirname = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+docstrings = docrep.DocstringProcessor()
 
 
+@docstrings.get_sectionsf('JobQueueCluster')
 class JobQueueCluster(object):
     """ Base class to launch Dask Clusters for Job queues
 
     This class should not be used directly, use inherited class appropriate
     for your queueing system (e.g. PBScluster or SLURMCluster)
 
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    name : str
+        Name of Dask workers.
+    threads : int
+        Number of threads per process.
+    processes : int
+        Number of processes per node.
+    memory : str
+        Bytes of memory that the worker can use. This should be a string
+        like "7GB" that can be interpretted both by PBS and Dask.
+    interface : str
+        Network interface like 'eth0' or 'ib0'.
+    death_timeout : float
+        Seconds to wait for a scheduler before closing workers
+    local_directory : str
+        Dask worker local directory for file spilling.
+    extra : str
+        Additional arguments to pass to `dask-worker`
+    kwargs : dict
+        Additional keyword arguments to pass to `LocalCluster`
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    submit_command: str
+        Abstract attribute for job scheduler submit command, should be overriden
+    cancel_command: str
+        Abstract attribute for job scheduler cancel command, should be overriden
+
     See Also
     --------
     PBSCluster
     SLURMCluster
     """
-    def __init__(self):
-        raise NotImplemented
+
+    _script_template = """
+#!/bin/bash
+
+%(job_header)s
+
+%(worker_command)s
+""".lstrip()
+
+    #Following class attributes should be overriden by extending classes.
+    submit_command = None
+    cancel_command = None
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 name='dask-worker',
+                 threads=4,
+                 processes=6,
+                 memory='16GB',
+                 interface=None,
+                 death_timeout=60,
+                 local_directory=None,
+                 extra='',
+                 **kwargs
+                 ):
+        """
+        This initializer should be considered as Abstract, and never used directly.
+        """
+        if not self.cancel_command or not self.submit_command:
+            raise NotImplementedError('JobQueueCluster is an abstract class that should not be instanciated.')
+
+        #This attribute should be overriden
+        self.job_header = None
+
+        if interface:
+            host = get_ip_interface(interface)
+            extra += ' --interface  %s ' % interface
+        else:
+            host = socket.gethostname()
+
+        self.cluster = LocalCluster(n_workers=0, ip=host, **kwargs)
+
+        #Keep information on process, threads and memory, for use in subclasses
+        self.worker_memory = parse_bytes(memory)
+        self.worker_processes = processes
+        self.worker_threads = threads
+
+        self.jobs = dict()
+        self.n = 0
+        self._adaptive = None
+
+        #dask-worker command line build
+        self._command_template = os.path.join(dirname, 'dask-worker %s' % self.scheduler.address)
+        if threads is not None:
+            self._command_template += " --nthreads %d" % threads
+        if processes is not None:
+            self._command_template += " --nprocs %d" % processes
+        if memory is not None:
+            self._command_template += " --memory-limit %s" % memory
+        if name is not None:
+            self._command_template += " --name %s" % name
+            self._command_template += "-%(n)d" #Keep %(n) to be replaced later.
+        if death_timeout is not None:
+            self._command_template += " --death-timeout %s" % death_timeout
+        if local_directory is not None:
+            self._command_template += " --local-directory %s" % local_directory
+        if extra is not None:
+            self._command_template += extra
 
     def job_script(self):
         self.n += 1
-        return self._template % toolz.merge(self.config, {'n': self.n})
+        return self._script_template % {'job_header': self.job_header,
+                                        'worker_command': self._command_template % {'n': self.n}
+                                        }
 
     @contextmanager
     def job_file(self):
@@ -39,7 +143,7 @@ def start_workers(self, n=1):
         workers = []
         for _ in range(n):
             with self.job_file() as fn:
-                out = self._call([self._submitcmd, fn])
+                out = self._call([self.submit_command, fn])
                 job = out.decode().split('.')[0]
                 self.jobs[self.n] = job
                 workers.append(self.n)
@@ -99,7 +203,7 @@ def stop_workers(self, workers):
             return
         workers = list(map(int, workers))
         jobs = [self.jobs[w] for w in workers]
-        self._call([self._cancelcmd] + list(jobs))
+        self._call([self.cancel_command] + list(jobs))
         for w in workers:
             with ignoring(KeyError):
                 del self.jobs[w]
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/pbs.py b/dask_jobqueue/pbs.py
index cf634cbd..6a2ac570 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/pbs.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/pbs.py
@@ -1,55 +1,38 @@
 import logging
 import os
-import socket
-import sys
+import math
 
-from distributed import LocalCluster
-from distributed.utils import get_ip_interface
-
-from .core import JobQueueCluster
+from .core import JobQueueCluster, docstrings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-dirname = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
-
 
+@docstrings.with_indent(4)
 class PBSCluster(JobQueueCluster):
     """ Launch Dask on a PBS cluster
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    name : str
-        Name of worker jobs. Passed to `$PBS -N` option.
     queue : str
         Destination queue for each worker job. Passed to `#PBS -q` option.
     project : str
         Accounting string associated with each worker job. Passed to
         `#PBS -A` option.
-    threads_per_worker : int
-        Number of threads per process.
-    processes : int
-        Number of processes per node.
-    memory : str
-        Bytes of memory that the worker can use. This should be a string
-        like "7GB" that can be interpretted both by PBS and Dask.
     resource_spec : str
         Request resources and specify job placement. Passed to `#PBS -l`
         option.
     walltime : str
         Walltime for each worker job.
-    interface : str
-        Network interface like 'eth0' or 'ib0'.
-    death_timeout : float
-        Seconds to wait for a scheduler before closing workers
-    extra : str
-        Additional arguments to pass to `dask-worker`
-    kwargs : dict
-        Additional keyword arguments to pass to `LocalCluster`
+    job_extra : list
+        List of other PBS options, for example -j oe. Each option will be prepended with the #PBS prefix.
+    local_directory : str
+        Dask worker local directory for file spilling.
+    %(JobQueueCluster.parameters)s
 
     Examples
     --------
     >>> from dask_jobqueue import PBSCluster
-    >>> cluster = PBSCluster(project='...')
+    >>> cluster = PBSCluster(queue='regular', project='DaskOnPBS')
     >>> cluster.start_workers(10)  # this may take a few seconds to launch
 
     >>> from dask.distributed import Client
@@ -59,67 +42,75 @@ class PBSCluster(JobQueueCluster):
     kill workers based on load.
 
     >>> cluster.adapt()
+
+    It is a good practice to define local_directory to your PBS system scratch directory,
+    and you should specify resource_spec according to the processes and threads asked:
+    >>> cluster = PBSCluster(queue='regular', project='DaskOnPBS',local_directory=os.getenv('TMPDIR', '/tmp'), \
+                             threads=4, processes=6, memory='16GB', resource_spec='select=1:ncpus=24:mem=100GB')
     """
+
+    #Override class variables
+    submit_command = 'qsub'
+    cancel_command = 'qdel'
+
     def __init__(self,
-                 name='dask',
-                 queue='regular',
+                 queue=None,
                  project=None,
-                 resource_spec='select=1:ncpus=36:mem=109GB',
-                 threads_per_worker=4,
-                 processes=9,
-                 memory='7GB',
+                 resource_spec=None,
                  walltime='00:30:00',
-                 interface=None,
-                 death_timeout=60,
-                 extra='',
+                 job_extra=[],
                  **kwargs):
-        self._template = """
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#PBS -N %(name)s
-#PBS -q %(queue)s
-#PBS -A %(project)s
-#PBS -l %(resource_spec)s
-#PBS -l walltime=%(walltime)s
-#PBS -j oe
-
-%(base_path)s/dask-worker %(scheduler)s \
-    --nthreads %(threads_per_worker)d \
-    --nprocs %(processes)s \
-    --memory-limit %(memory)s \
-    --name %(name)s-%(n)d \
-    --death-timeout %(death_timeout)s \
-     %(extra)s
-""".lstrip()
-
-        if interface:
-            host = get_ip_interface(interface)
-            extra += ' --interface  %s ' % interface
-        else:
-            host = socket.gethostname()
 
+        #Instantiate args and parameters from parent abstract class
+        super(PBSCluster, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+        #Try to find a project name from environment variable
         project = project or os.environ.get('PBS_ACCOUNT')
-        if not project:
-            raise ValueError("Must specify a project like `project='UCLB1234' "
-                             "or set PBS_ACCOUNT environment variable")
-        self.cluster = LocalCluster(n_workers=0, ip=host, **kwargs)
-        memory = memory.replace(' ', '')
-        self.config = {'name': name,
-                       'queue': queue,
-                       'project': project,
-                       'threads_per_worker': threads_per_worker,
-                       'processes': processes,
-                       'walltime': walltime,
-                       'scheduler': self.scheduler.address,
-                       'resource_spec': resource_spec,
-                       'base_path': dirname,
-                       'memory': memory,
-                       'death_timeout': death_timeout,
-                       'extra': extra}
-        self.jobs = dict()
-        self.n = 0
-        self._adaptive = None
-        self._submitcmd = 'qsub'
-        self._cancelcmd = 'qdel'
+
+        #PBS header build
+        if self.name is not None:
+            header_lines = ['#PBS -N %s' % self.name]
+        if queue is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#PBS -q %s' % queue)
+        if project is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#PBS -A %s' % project)
+        if resource_spec is None:
+            #Compute default resources specifications
+            ncpus = self.worker_processes * self.worker_threads
+            memory_string = pbs_format_bytes_ceil(self.worker_memory * self.worker_processes)
+            resource_spec = "select=1:ncpus=%d:mem=%s" % (ncpus, memory_string)
+            logger.info("Resource specification for PBS not set, initializing it to %s" % resource_spec)
+        header_lines.append('#PBS -l %s' % resource_spec)
+        if walltime is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#PBS -l walltime=%s' % walltime)
+        header_lines.extend(['#PBS %s' % arg for arg in job_extra])
+
+        #Declare class attribute that shall be overriden
+        self.job_header = '\n'.join(header_lines)
 
         logger.debug("Job script: \n %s" % self.job_script())
+
+
+def pbs_format_bytes_ceil(n):
+    """ Format bytes as text
+    PBS expects KiB, MiB or Gib, but names it KB, MB, GB
+    Whereas Dask makes the difference between KB and KiB
+
+    >>> pbs_format_bytes_ceil(1)
+    '1B'
+    >>> pbs_format_bytes_ceil(1234)
+    '1234B'
+    >>> pbs_format_bytes_ceil(12345678)
+    '13MB'
+    >>> pbs_format_bytes_ceil(1234567890)
+    '1177MB'
+    >>> pbs_format_bytes_ceil(15000000000)
+    '14GB'
+    """
+    if n >= 10 * (1024**3):
+        return '%dGB' % math.ceil(n / (1024**3))
+    if n >= 10 * (1024**2):
+        return '%dMB' % (n / (1024**2))
+    if n >= 10 * 1024:
+        return '%dkB' % (n / 1024)
+    return '%dB' % n
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/slurm.py b/dask_jobqueue/slurm.py
index 8828239d..5c3c0c87 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/slurm.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/slurm.py
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 import logging
 import os
-import socket
 import sys
 
-from distributed import LocalCluster
-from distributed.utils import get_ip_interface
-
-from .core import JobQueueCluster
+from .core import JobQueueCluster, docstrings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 dirname = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
 
 
+@docstrings.with_indent(4)
 class SLURMCluster(JobQueueCluster):
     """ Launch Dask on a SLURM cluster
 
@@ -30,32 +27,28 @@ class SLURMCluster(JobQueueCluster):
 
     >>> cluster.adapt()
     """
+
+    #Override class variables
+    submit_command = 'sbatch'
+    cancel_command = 'scancel'
+
     def __init__(self,
-                 name='dask',
                  queue='',
                  project=None,
-                 threads_per_worker=4,
                  processes=8,
                  memory='7GB',
                  walltime='00:30:00',
-                 interface=None,
-                 death_timeout=60,
-                 extra='',
                  **kwargs):
         """ Initialize a SLURM Cluster
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        name : str
-            Name of worker jobs. Passed to `#SBATCH -J` option.
         queue : str
             Destination queue for each worker job.
             Passed to `#SBATCH -p` option.
         project : str
             Accounting string associated with each worker job. Passed to
             `#SBATCH -A` option.
-        threads_per_worker : int
-            Number of threads per process.
         processes : int
             Number of processes per node.
         memory : str
@@ -63,18 +56,12 @@ def __init__(self,
             like "7GB" that can be interpretted both by PBS and Dask.
         walltime : str
             Walltime for each worker job.
-        interface : str
-            Network interface like 'eth0' or 'ib0'.
-        death_timeout : float
-            Seconds to wait for a scheduler before closing workers
-        extra : str
-            Additional arguments to pass to `dask-worker`
-        kwargs : dict
-            Additional keyword arguments to pass to `LocalCluster`
+        %(JobQueueCluster.parameters)s
         """
-        self._template = """
-#!/bin/bash
 
+        super(SLURMCluster, self).__init__(processes=processes, **kwargs)
+
+        self._header_template = """
 #SBATCH -J %(name)s
 #SBATCH -n %(processes)d
 #SBATCH -p %(queue)s
@@ -86,43 +73,18 @@ def __init__(self,
 export LANG="en_US.utf8"
 export LANGUAGE="en_US.utf8"
 export LC_ALL="en_US.utf8"
-
-%(base_path)s/dask-worker %(scheduler)s \
-    --nthreads %(threads_per_worker)d \
-    --nprocs %(processes)s \
-    --memory-limit %(memory)s \
-    --name %(name)s-%(n)d \
-    --death-timeout %(death_timeout)s \
-     %(extra)s
 """.lstrip()
 
-        if interface:
-            host = get_ip_interface(interface)
-            extra += ' --interface  %s ' % interface
-        else:
-            host = socket.gethostname()
-
-        project = project or os.environ.get('SLURM_ACCOUNT')
-        if not project:
-            raise ValueError("Must specify a project like `project='UCLB1234' "
-                             "or set SLURM_ACCOUNT environment variable")
-        self.cluster = LocalCluster(n_workers=0, ip=host, **kwargs)
         memory = memory.replace(' ', '')
-        self.config = {'name': name,
+        self.config = {'name': self.name,
                        'queue': queue,
                        'project': project,
-                       'threads_per_worker': threads_per_worker,
                        'processes': processes,
-                       'scheduler': self.scheduler.address,
                        'walltime': walltime,
-                       'base_path': dirname,
-                       'memory': memory,
-                       'death_timeout': death_timeout,
-                       'extra': extra}
-        self.jobs = dict()
-        self.n = 0
-        self._adaptive = None
-        self._submitcmd = 'sbatch'
-        self._cancelcmd = 'scancel'
+                       # Not used
+                       'memory': memory
+                       }
+
+        self.job_header = self._header_template % self.config
 
         logger.debug("Job script: \n %s" % self.job_script())
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_pbs.py b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_pbs.py
index dfe65df4..cde12568 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_pbs.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_pbs.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 from dask.distributed import Client
 from distributed.utils_test import loop  # noqa: F401
-from pangeo import PBSCluster
+from dask_jobqueue import PBSCluster
 
 
 def test_basic(loop):
-    with PBSCluster(walltime='00:02:00', threads_per_worker=2, memory='7GB',
+    with PBSCluster(walltime='00:02:00', threads=2, memory='7GB',
                     interface='ib0', loop=loop) as cluster:
         with Client(cluster) as client:
             workers = cluster.start_workers(2)
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_slurm.py b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_slurm.py
index 6d542782..629da7b9 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_slurm.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_slurm.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 from dask.distributed import Client
 from distributed.utils_test import loop  # noqa: F401
-from pangeo import SLURMCluster
+from dask_jobqueue import SLURMCluster
 
 
 def test_basic(loop):
-    with SLURMCluster(walltime='00:02:00', threads_per_worker=2, memory='7GB',
-                    loop=loop) as cluster:
+    with SLURMCluster(walltime='00:02:00', threads=2, memory='7GB',
+                      loop=loop) as cluster:
         with Client(cluster) as client:
             workers = cluster.start_workers(2)
             future = client.submit(lambda x: x + 1, 10)
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ def test_adaptive(loop):
             assert cluster.jobs
 
             start = time()
-            while len(client.scheduler_info()['workers']) \
-                  != cluster.config['processes']:
+            while len(client.scheduler_info()['workers']) != cluster.config['processes']:
                 sleep(0.1)
                 assert time() < start + 10
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b82a3938..c5234520 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
       license='BSD 3-Clause',
       packages=['dask_jobqueue'],
       long_description=(open('README.rst').read() if exists('README.rst') else ''),
+      install_requires=['docrep'],
       zip_safe=False)