diff --git a/contrib/get_mg_inccn_data.sh b/contrib/get_mg_inccn_data.sh
index 4619ea2dc..70881ced1 100755
--- a/contrib/get_mg_inccn_data.sh
+++ b/contrib/get_mg_inccn_data.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ BASEDIR=$MYDIR/..
 
 # Change to directory containing the physics input data, download and extract archive
 cd $BASEDIR/scm/data/physics_input_data/
-wget https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-scm/releases/download/v6.0.0/MG_INCCN_data.tar
-tar -xvf MG_INCCN_data.tar
-rm -f MG_INCCN_data.tar
+wget https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-scm/releases/download/v6.0.0/MG_INCCN_data.tar.gz
+tar -xvf MG_INCCN_data.tar.gz
+rm -f MG_INCCN_data.tar.gz
 cd $BASEDIR/
 
diff --git a/contrib/get_thompson_tables.sh b/contrib/get_thompson_tables.sh
index 552ac800a..9657ec902 100755
--- a/contrib/get_thompson_tables.sh
+++ b/contrib/get_thompson_tables.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ BASEDIR=$MYDIR/..
 
 # Change to directory containing the physics input data, download and extract archive
 cd $BASEDIR/scm/data/physics_input_data/
-wget https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-scm/releases/download/v6.0.0/thompson_tables.tar
-tar -xvf thompson_tables.tar
-rm -f thompson_tables.tar
+wget https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-scm/releases/download/v6.0.0/thompson_tables.tar.gz
+tar -xvf thompson_tables.tar.gz
+rm -f thompson_tables.tar.gz
 cd $BASEDIR/
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index c81536397..99fc2a25b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ RUN cd /comsoftware/ccpp-scm/scm \
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /comsoftware/ccpp-scm/scm/bin
 ENV SCM_WORK=/comsoftware
-
+ENV SCM_ROOT=/comsoftware/ccpp-scm/