diff --git a/examples/fl_post/fl/be_setup_test_no_docker.sh b/examples/fl_post/fl/be_setup_test_no_docker.sh
index b1f99c8ad..d31157285 100644
--- a/examples/fl_post/fl/be_setup_test_no_docker.sh
+++ b/examples/fl_post/fl/be_setup_test_no_docker.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ if ${TWO_COL_SAME_CERT}; then
     COL5_CN="org5@example.com" # in this case this var is not used actually.
 fi
 
+
+CODE_CHANGE_DIR="/home/edwardsb/repositories/hasan_medperf/examples/fl_post/fl"
+
 HOMEDIR="/raid/edwardsb/projects/RANO/hasan_medperf/examples/fl_post/fl"
 
 cd $HOMEDIR
@@ -38,12 +41,12 @@ mkdir mlcube_col5
 
 
 
-cp -r ./mlcube/* ./mlcube_agg
-cp -r ./mlcube/* ./mlcube_col1
-cp -r ./mlcube/* ./mlcube_col2
-cp -r ./mlcube/* ./mlcube_col3
-cp -r ./mlcube/* ./mlcube_col4
-cp -r ./mlcube/* ./mlcube_col5
+cp -r $CODE_CHANGE_DIR/mlcube/* ./mlcube_agg
+cp -r $CODE_CHANGE_DIR/mlcube/* ./mlcube_col1
+cp -r $CODE_CHANGE_DIR/mlcube/* ./mlcube_col2
+cp -r $CODE_CHANGE_DIR/mlcube/* ./mlcube_col3
+cp -r $CODE_CHANGE_DIR/mlcube/* ./mlcube_col4
+cp -r $CODE_CHANGE_DIR/mlcube/* ./mlcube_col5
 
 mkdir ./mlcube_agg/workspace/node_cert ./mlcube_agg/workspace/ca_cert
 mkdir ./mlcube_col1/workspace/node_cert ./mlcube_col1/workspace/ca_cert
diff --git a/examples/fl_post/fl/project/Dockerfile b/examples/fl_post/fl/project/Dockerfile
index c5e1ef2ee..f48a3caa0 100644
--- a/examples/fl_post/fl/project/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/fl_post/fl/project/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ ENV CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="0"
 # ENV https_proxy="http://proxy-us.intel.com:912"
 ENV no_proxy=localhost,spr-gpu01.jf.intel.com
 
+ENV no_proxy__="http://proxy-us.intel.com:912"
+
 # install project dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y git zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libgl1 libgtk2.0-dev gcc g++