diff --git a/spawnerdockerfile/Dockerfile.ngc b/spawnerdockerfile/Dockerfile.ngc
index 36d2a35..5c90275 100644
--- a/spawnerdockerfile/Dockerfile.ngc
+++ b/spawnerdockerfile/Dockerfile.ngc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ENV ROOT_PASSWD=${ROOT_PASSWD}
 WORKDIR /root
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
+ENV STAGE_DIR=/tmp
 # https://network.nvidia.com/products/infiniband-drivers/linux/mlnx_ofed/
 ENV MLNX_OFED_VERSION=23.10-3.2.2.0 
 RUN <<EOT
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ apt-get install -y flex tk ethtool libpci3 libltdl-dev bison lsof tcl libelf1 pc
 # install Mellanox OFED
 mkdir -p ${STAGE_DIR}
 wget -q -O - http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/MLNX_OFED-${MLNX_OFED_VERSION}/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-${MLNX_OFED_VERSION}-ubuntu22.04-x86_64.tgz | tar xzf -
-cd MLNX_OFED_LINUX-${MLNX_OFED_VERSION}-ubuntu22.04-x86_64
+cd ${STAGE_DIR}/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-${MLNX_OFED_VERSION}-ubuntu22.04-x86_64
 ./mlnxofedinstall --user-space-only --without-fw-update --all -q 
 cd ${STAGE_DIR} 
 rm -rf ${STAGE_DIR}/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-${MLNX_OFED_VERSION}-ubuntu22.04-x86_64*
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ cd ${STAGE_DIR}
 tar xzf ${STAGE_DIR}/nvidia-peer-memory_${NV_PEER_MEM_VERSION}.orig.tar.gz
 cd ${STAGE_DIR}/nvidia-peer-memory-${NV_PEER_MEM_VERSION}
 apt-get update
-apt --fix-broken install -y
+apt-get --fix-broken install -y
 apt-get install -y dkms
 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
 dpkg -i ${STAGE_DIR}/nvidia-peer-memory_${NV_PEER_MEM_TAG}_all.deb
@@ -89,7 +90,6 @@ pip install -v -U git+https://github.com/facebookresearch/xformers.git@main#egg=
 pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
 EOT
 
-ENV STAGE_DIR=/tmp
 RUN <<EOT
 #!/bin/bash
 git clone https://github.com/microsoft/DeepSpeed-Kernels.git ${STAGE_DIR}/DeepSpeed-Kernels
diff --git a/spawnerdockerfile/docker-compose_ngc.yml b/spawnerdockerfile/docker-compose_ngc.yml
index b925144..08d3a58 100644
--- a/spawnerdockerfile/docker-compose_ngc.yml
+++ b/spawnerdockerfile/docker-compose_ngc.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ services:
         OWNER: "nvidia" # nvcr.io/nvidia/pytorch:24.06-py3
         LABEL: "pytorch"
         VERSION: "24.06-py3"
+        NV_PEER_MEM_VERSION: "1.2"
         DS_BUILD_OPS: 1
         DEEPSPEED_VERSION: "master"
         DEEPSPEED_INSTALL_FLAGS: "--allow_sudo"