diff --git a/htcdaskgateway/_version.py b/htcdaskgateway/_version.py
index fb962e3..2fddb88 100644
--- a/htcdaskgateway/_version.py
+++ b/htcdaskgateway/_version.py
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 __version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
 version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
 
-__version__ = version = '1.0.2.dev6+g5379e9a.d20250418'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (1, 0, 2, 'dev6', 'g5379e9a.d20250418')
+__version__ = version = '1.0.5.dev3+gf1d34f4'
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (1, 0, 5, 'dev3', 'gf1d34f4')
diff --git a/htcdaskgateway/cluster.py b/htcdaskgateway/cluster.py
index 3b05b9f..31cfd52 100644
--- a/htcdaskgateway/cluster.py
+++ b/htcdaskgateway/cluster.py
@@ -15,11 +15,15 @@
 
 
 class HTCGatewayCluster(GatewayCluster):
-    def __init__(self, container_image=None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self, container_image=None, memory: str = "32GB", cpus: int = 4, **kwargs
+    ):
         self.scheduler_proxy_ip = kwargs.pop("", "dask.software-dev.ncsa.illinois.edu")
         self.batchWorkerJobs = []
         self.cluster_options = kwargs.get("cluster_options")
         self.container_image = container_image
+        self.memory = memory
+        self.cpus = cpus
         self.condor_bin_dir = os.environ["CONDOR_BIN_DIR"]
 
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ def scale_batch_workers(self, n):
             f.write(security.tls_key)
 
         # Prepare JDL
+        resources = f" request_memory = {self.memory} \n request_cpus = {self.cpus}"
         jdl = (
             """executable = start.sh
 arguments = """
@@ -94,11 +99,8 @@ def scale_batch_workers(self, n):
             + """ htcdask-worker_$(Cluster)_$(Process)
 output = condor/htcdask-worker$(Cluster)_$(Process).out
 error = condor/htcdask-worker$(Cluster)_$(Process).err
-log = condor/htcdask-worker$(Cluster)_$(Process).log
-request_cpus = 4
-request_memory = 32GB
-container_image="""
-            + self.container_image
+log = condor/htcdask-worker$(Cluster)_$(Process).log"""
+            + resources
             + """
 should_transfer_files = yes
 transfer_input_files = ./dask-credentials, ./dask-worker-space , ./condor
@@ -119,11 +121,17 @@ def scale_batch_workers(self, n):
 export APPTAINERENV_DASK_GATEWAY_API_URL="https://dask.software-dev.ncsa.illinois.edu/api"
 export APPTAINERENV_DASK_GATEWAY_CLUSTER_NAME=$1
 #export APPTAINERENV_DASK_DISTRIBUTED__LOGGING__DISTRIBUTED="info"
-
+export DASK_LOGGING__DISTRIBUTED=info
 worker_space_dir=${PWD}/dask-worker-space/$2
 mkdir -p $worker_space_dir
 hostname -i
-DASK_LOGGING__DISTRIBUTED=info dask worker --name $2 --tls-ca-file dask-credentials/dask.crt --tls-cert dask-credentials/dask.crt --tls-key dask-credentials/dask.pem --worker-port 10000:10070 --no-nanny --scheduler-sni daskgateway-"""
+/usr/bin/apptainer exec --bind /scratch --bind /projects \
+    --env DASK_LOGGING__DISTRIBUTED=info \
+    --env DASK_GATEWAY_CLUSTER_NAME=$1 \
+    --env DASK_GATEWAY_WORKER_NAME=$2 \
+    --env DASK_GATEWAY_API_URL="https://dask.software-dev.ncsa.illinois.edu/api" """
+            + self.container_image
+            + " dask worker --name $2 --tls-ca-file dask-credentials/dask.crt --tls-cert dask-credentials/dask.crt --tls-key dask-credentials/dask.pem --worker-port 10000:10070 --no-nanny --scheduler-sni daskgateway-"
             + cluster_name
             + """ --nthreads 1 tls://"""
             + self.scheduler_proxy_ip
diff --git a/htcdaskgateway/gateway.py b/htcdaskgateway/gateway.py
index d3ee03f..0ecf76c 100644
--- a/htcdaskgateway/gateway.py
+++ b/htcdaskgateway/gateway.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ def new_cluster(
         cluster_options=None,
         shutdown_on_close=True,
         container_image=None,
+        memory="32GB",
+        cpus=4,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """Submit a new cluster to the gateway, and wait for it to be started.
@@ -36,6 +38,12 @@ def new_cluster(
             close. Set to False to have cluster persist until explicitly
             shutdown.
         container_image : str, Path to the apptainer image to run in the workers
+        cpus: int number of CPUs to request for each worker
+        memory: str amount of memory to request for each worker Characters may be appended
+                to a numerical value to indicate units. K or KB indicates KiB,
+                2^10 numbers of bytes. M or MB indicates MiB, 2^20 numbers of bytes.
+                G or GB indicates GiB, 2^30 numbers of bytes. T or TB indicates TiB,
+                2^40 numbers of bytes.
         **kwargs :
             Additional cluster configuration options. If ``cluster_options`` is
             provided, these are applied afterwards as overrides. Available
@@ -55,6 +63,8 @@ def new_cluster(
             shutdown_on_close=shutdown_on_close,
             cluster_options=cluster_options,
             container_image=container_image,
+            memory=memory,
+            cpus=cpus,
             **kwargs,
         )