diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9219df5..9d139e09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ Documentation for rocRAND is available at
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Updated the default value for the `-a` argument from `rmake.py` to `gfx906:xnack-,gfx1030,gfx1100,gfx1101,gfx1102,gfx1151,gfx1200,gfx1201`.
 * `rocrand_discrete` for MTGP32, LFSR113 and ThreeFry generators now uses the alias method, which is faster than binary search in CDF.
 
 ## rocRAND 3.1.1 for ROCm 6.2.4
 
 ## Fixes
-
+* Fixed an issue in `rmake.py` where the list storing cmake options would contain individual characters instead of a full string of options.
 * Fixed " unknown extension ?>" issue in scripts/config-tuning/select_best_config.py 
   when using python version thats older than 3.11
 * Fixed low random sequence quality of `ROCRAND_RNG_PSEUDO_THREEFRY2_64_20` and `ROCRAND_RNG_PSEUDO_THREEFRY4_64_20`.
diff --git a/rmake.py b/rmake.py
index 6b7dccae..99d74ec3 100644
--- a/rmake.py
+++ b/rmake.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="""
     Checks build arguments
     """)
+
+    default_gpus = 'gfx906:xnack-,gfx1030,gfx1100,gfx1101,gfx1102,gfx1151,gfx1200,gfx1201'
+
     parser.add_argument('-g', '--debug', required=False, default=False,  action='store_true',
                         help='Generate Debug build (default: False)')
     parser.add_argument(      '--build_dir', type=str, required=False, default="build",
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ def parse_args():
                         help='Install after build (default: False)')
     parser.add_argument(      '--cmake-darg', required=False, dest='cmake_dargs', action='append', default=[],
                         help='List of additional cmake defines for builds (e.g. CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache)')
-    parser.add_argument('-a', '--architecture', dest='gpu_architecture', required=False, default="gfx906;gfx1030;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1102", #:sramecc+:xnack-" ) #gfx1030" ) #gfx906" ) # gfx1030" )
+    parser.add_argument('-a', '--architecture', dest='gpu_architecture', required=False, default=default_gpus, #:sramecc+:xnack-" ) #gfx1030" ) #gfx906" ) # gfx1030" )
                         help='Set GPU architectures, e.g. all, gfx000, gfx803, gfx906:xnack-;gfx1030;gfx1100 (optional, default: all)')
     parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', required=False, default=False, action='store_true',
                         help='Verbose build (default: False)')
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ def config_cmd():
         else:
           cmake_executable = "cmake"
         toolchain = "toolchain-linux.cmake"
-        cmake_platform_opts = f"-DROCM_DIR:PATH={rocm_path} -DCPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX={rocm_path}"
+        cmake_platform_opts = [f"-DROCM_DIR:PATH={rocm_path}", f"-DCPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX={rocm_path}"]
 
     tools = f"-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE={toolchain}"
     cmake_options.append( tools )