diff --git a/neurodocker/templates/_default.yaml b/neurodocker/templates/_default.yaml
index ee2bc03d..689fe9dd 100644
--- a/neurodocker/templates/_default.yaml
+++ b/neurodocker/templates/_default.yaml
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ source:
     instructions: |
         export ND_ENTRYPOINT="{{ self.env['ND_ENTRYPOINT'] }}"
         {%- if self.pkg_manager == "yum" %}
-        sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
-        sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
+        if ls /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            # Disable mirrorlist and switch to vault.centos.org
+            sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
+            sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
+        fi
         {%- endif %}
         {{ self.install_dependencies() }}
         {%- if self.pkg_manager == "apt" %}
diff --git a/neurodocker/templates/jq.yaml b/neurodocker/templates/jq.yaml
index fa5b5b30..7594ff93 100644
--- a/neurodocker/templates/jq.yaml
+++ b/neurodocker/templates/jq.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ source:
         -   libtool
         -   make
     instructions: |
+        {{ self.install_dependencies() }}
         mkdir jq
         cd jq
         curl -fsSL https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-{{self.version}}/jq-{{self.version}}.tar.gz \