diff --git a/jenkins/SO/install b/jenkins/SO/install
index 65fe4b1..2adc949 100755
--- a/jenkins/SO/install
+++ b/jenkins/SO/install
@@ -89,6 +89,30 @@
 Pin-Priority: 600
 EOF
 
+
+
+#######################
+# temp fix
+# this is normally done by mkcontainer, but the last line is missing
+# we can take this out when we update the RIFT platform 
+
+cat <<EOF >>/etc/systemd/user.conf
+DefaultLimitNOFILE=65536
+DefaultLimitMSGQUEUE=8192000
+DefaultLimitNPROC=65536
+DefaultTasksMax=65536
+EOF
+cat <<EOF >>/etc/systemd/system.conf
+DefaultLimitNOFILE=65536
+DefaultLimitMSGQUEUE=8192000
+DefaultLimitNPROC=65536
+DefaultTasksMax=65536
+EOF
+systemctl daemon-reload
+
+##################################
+
+
 apt-get update
 
 # and install the tools