diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 385096846ad1cddcc32101be5fe2846616f07e59..5275dab1d4ed21a6432f9104a8247df520f703d2 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ARG INTERNAL_TAG="testing"
 ## ========================================================================================
 FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}debian_base:${INTERNAL_TAG} as builder
 
-## instal some extra spack dependencies
+## install some extra spack dependencies
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt                            \
     rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean                              \
  && apt-get -yqq update                                                 \
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RUN echo "Part 1: regular spack install (as in containerize)"           \
       git cherry-pick -n $SPACK_CHERRYPICKS ;                           \
     fi                                                                  \
  && cd -                                                                \
- && mkdir -p $SPACK_ROOT/opt/spack                                      \
+ && mkdir -p $SPACK_ROOT                                                \
  && cp -r /tmp/spack-staging/bin $SPACK_ROOT/bin                        \
  && cp -r /tmp/spack-staging/etc $SPACK_ROOT/etc                        \
  && cp -r /tmp/spack-staging/lib $SPACK_ROOT/lib                        \
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ FROM builder as staging
 RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && spack env activate . && spack gc -y
 # Strip all the binaries
 # This reduces the image by factor of x2, so worth the effort
-# note that we do not strip python libraries as can cause issues in some cases
+# note that we do not strip python libraries as it can cause issues in some cases
 RUN find -L /usr/local/*                                                \
          -type d -name site-packages -prune -false -o                   \
          -type f -not -name "zdll.lib" -not -name libtensorflow-lite.a  \