diff --git a/latch/resources/tasks.py b/latch/resources/tasks.py
index 75b9a031..d135a37e 100644
--- a/latch/resources/tasks.py
+++ b/latch/resources/tasks.py
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ def _get_small_pod() -> Pod:
      - GPU
      - On-Demand
    * - Request
-     - 46
+     - 90
      - 176Gi
      - 0
      - True
    * - Limit
-     - 48
+     - 96
      - 196Gi
      - 0
      - True
diff --git a/latch_cli/centromere/utils.py b/latch_cli/centromere/utils.py
index 7bba15e0..9b0b12f9 100644
--- a/latch_cli/centromere/utils.py
+++ b/latch_cli/centromere/utils.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def fake_import(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=(), level=0):
                     fromlist=fromlist,
                     level=level,
                 )
-            except (ModuleNotFoundError, AttributeError):
+            except (ModuleNotFoundError, AttributeError) as e:
                 return FakeModule(name)
 
         # Temporary ctx tells lytekit to skip local execution when
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def _from_env():
 
         # empty string for tls verify counts as "false".
         # Any value or 'unset' counts as true.
-        tls_verify = environment.get("DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY") is not ""
+        tls_verify = environment.get("DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY") != ""
 
         enable_tls = tls_verify or cert_path is not None