diff --git a/containers/ocr_run.sh b/containers/ocr_run.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#SBATCH -A p32852
+#SBATCH -p gengpu
+#SBATCH --gres=gpu:a100:1
+#SBATCH --nodes=2
+#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
+#SBATCH --time=24:00:00
+#SBATCH --mem=64G
+#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=4
+#SBATCH --job-name=olmocr-pull-docker-img 
+#SBATCH --output=olmocr-pull.log
+#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END,FAIL
+#SBATCH --mail-user=gaughan@u.northwestern.edu
+
+# using singularity to pull the allenai olmocr docker image
+module load singularity
+
+print("running ocr container") 
+singularity run
+
diff --git a/containers/olmocr-pull.log b/containers/olmocr-pull.log
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+++ b/containers/olmocr-pull.log
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+INFO:    Converting OCI blobs to SIF format
+INFO:    Starting build...
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:96d54c3075c9eeaed5561fd620828fd6bb5d80ecae7cb25f9ba5f7d88ea6e15c
+Copying blob sha256:09d415c238d76b32a7ea4a6e6add9542db9a5641f7f183af70aae185d0709e58
+Copying blob sha256:9fe6e2e61518cba6844870c03b285737daec35e62baf25ae7744629ed3a7b470
+Copying blob sha256:41f16248e682693ff20b3032c1d5e5541cc87c5af898ae2ff9b24d2940e59100
+Copying blob sha256:95d7b781703928cf3c4eece39d800cccb76728c375fedf51ecd83833fb25e458
+Copying blob sha256:8f6c9048534734f4c873935293b7296225846ceb31c1a158400a67ea170dde7f
diff --git a/containers/olmocr_container.def b/containers/olmocr_container.def
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-Bootstrap: docker
-From: ubuntu:groovy
-
-%post 
-	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-	### installing requisite packages for olmocr
-	apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install python3.11 poppler-utils ttf-mscorefonts-installer 
-	apt-get msttcorefonts fonts-crosextra-caladea fonts-crosextra-carlito gsfonts lcdf-typetools
-	pip install olmocr[gpu] --find-links https://flashinfer.ai/whl/cu124/torch2.4/flashinfer/
-
-
-
diff --git a/containers/olmocr_docker.sh b/containers/olmocr_docker.sh
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--- a/containers/olmocr_docker.sh
+++ b/containers/olmocr_docker.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ module load singularity
 
 export SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR=$TMPDIR
 
+singularity pull olmocr.sif docker://alleninstituteforai/olmocr:latest
 
diff --git a/containers/singularity_pastebin.txt b/containers/singularity_pastebin.txt
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-
-singularity pull docker://alleninstituteforai/olmocr:latest
-
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