diff --git a/model-deployment/containers/nim/Dockerfile b/model-deployment/containers/nim/Dockerfile
index f3cc9967..76f85c83 100644
--- a/model-deployment/containers/nim/Dockerfile
+++ b/model-deployment/containers/nim/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ FROM nvcr.io/nim/meta/llama3-8b-instruct:latest
 
 USER root
 COPY start.sh /opt/nim/start.sh
+RUN chmod +x /opt/nim/start.sh
 
 ENV NIM_CACHE_PATH /opt/ds/model/deployed_model
-ENV NIM_SERVER_PORT 8080
+ENV NIM_SERVER_PORT 8000
 EXPOSE ${NIM_SERVER_PORT}
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash", "--login",  "-c"]
diff --git a/model-deployment/containers/nim/README.md b/model-deployment/containers/nim/README.md
index 00fbe257..8c37de9a 100644
--- a/model-deployment/containers/nim/README.md
+++ b/model-deployment/containers/nim/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ This file will be available to container on location `/opt/ds/model/deployed_mod
       * Key: `MODEL_DEPLOY_PREDICT_ENDPOINT`, Value: `/v1/completions`
       * Key: `MODEL_DEPLOY_HEALTH_ENDPOINT`, Value: `/v1/health/ready`
       * Key: `NGC_API_KEY_FILE`, Value: `/opt/ds/model/deployed_model/token`
+      * Key: `SHM_SIZE`, Value: `5g`
     * Under `Models` click on the `Select` button and select the Model Catalog entry we created earlier
     * Under `Compute` and then `Specialty and previous generation` select the `VM.GPU.A10.1` instance
     * Under `Networking` choose the `Custom Networking` option and bring the VCN and subnet, which allows Internet access.