diff --git a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/casa_envoy/casa_envoy/launchers.py b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/casa_envoy/casa_envoy/launchers.py
index 318d9c61874a0afa7fe9d4202e3cdbaab38c4df0..9597796e7166725519f5eaa9bb1f1ee07828b851 100644
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/casa_envoy/casa_envoy/launchers.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/casa_envoy/casa_envoy/launchers.py
@@ -20,16 +20,15 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
+import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from typing import Dict, Union
 
-import re
-
 from casa_envoy.auditor import AuditDirectories, AuditFiles
+from casa_envoy.configure import CasaConfigure, ParallelRunner, StandardRunner
 from casa_envoy.enums import ProductType
-from casa_envoy.foundation import RestoreFoundation, GeneralFoundation, CubeFoundation
-from casa_envoy.configure import StandardRunner, ParallelRunner, CasaConfigure
+from casa_envoy.foundation import CubeFoundation, GeneralFoundation, RestoreFoundation
 from casa_envoy.interfaces import LauncherIF
 from casa_envoy.schema import AbstractTextFile
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ class CasaLauncher:
             # directly from the processing directory. Account for both cases
             vela_path = (
                 "./vela"
-                if pathlib.Path("./vela").exists()
+                if (pathlib.Path.cwd() / "vela").exists()
                 else f"/lustre/aoc/cluster/pipeline/{os.environ.get('CAPO_PROFILE')}/workspaces/sbin/vela"
             )
             subprocess.run([vela_path, "-f", metadata, ppr, "--" + run_type])
diff --git a/docker.properties b/docker.properties
index 935303efab0fc4939b256c343f6e0f7261361ab3..d689fafb7135d668dfd5d08c5061107c1797e4ff 100644
--- a/docker.properties
+++ b/docker.properties
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ edu.nrao.workspaces.DeliverySettings.standardImageDelivery = /lustre/aoc/cluster
 #
 edu.nrao.workspaces.ProductFetcherSettings.locatorServiceUrlPrefix = https://webtest.aoc.nrao.edu/archive-service/location?locator
 edu.nrao.workspaces.ProductFetcherSettings.metadataServiceUrlPrefix =  https://webtest.aoc.nrao.edu/archive-service/product/metadata
-edu.nrao.workspaces.ProductFetcherSettings.defaultThreadsPerHost = 4
+edu.nrao.workspaces.ProductFetcherSettings.defaultThreadsPerHost = 1
 edu.nrao.workspaces.ProductFetcherSettings.executionSite = local_test
 
 #