diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f68b81efd1bca9dd88d4b9701b08e4bcb4d75450..9e07cc21aea63c0053e3e7e97bd5756f2d3f78a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_WAIT_TIME: 5
 
   ## Number of jobs to start during container builds
-  JOBS: 128
+  JOBS: 32
 
   ## is this nightly or not?
   NIGHTLY: ""
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ version:
   extends: .docker 
   rules:
     - when: on_success
-  resource_group: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}-${VERSION}
   tags:
     - docker-new
   before_script:
diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index f2d7a9fee1ccfb2a03d5f4fd004cd3fbe64fe4e0..4af53eb8a7b6d14320bf4068aae94da97ffdde15 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ RUN declare -A target=(                                                 \
  && spack config blame packages                                         \
  && spack config --scope user add "config:suppress_gpg_warnings:true"   \
  && spack config --scope user add "config:build_jobs:${jobs}"           \
- && spack config --scope user add "config:db_lock_timeout:${jobs}0"     \
+ && spack config --scope user add "config:db_lock_timeout:${jobs}00"    \
  && spack config --scope user add "config:source_cache:/var/cache/spack" \
  && spack config --scope user add "config:install_tree:root:/opt/software" \
  && spack config --scope user add "config:ccache:true"                  \