diff --git a/conf/jax.config b/conf/jax.config
index a5437e9..7cf790e 100644
--- a/conf/jax.config
+++ b/conf/jax.config
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ params {
       config_profile_description = 'The Jackson Laboratory Sumner HPC profile provided by nf-core/configs.'
       config_profile_contact = 'Asaf Peer (@peera)'
       config_profile_url = 'https://jacksonlaboratory.sharepoint.com/sites/ResearchIT/SitePages/Welcome-to-Sumner.aspx'
+      singularity_cache_dir = '/fastscratch/singularity_cache_nfcore'
     }
 
 executor.$slurm.queueSize = 250
@@ -12,8 +13,11 @@ process {
     module = "slurm"
     beforeScript = 'module load singularity'
 }
-singularity.enabled = true
-singularity.autoMounts = true
+singularity{
+    enabled = true
+    autoMounts = true
+    cacheDir = params.singularity_cache_dir
+}
 params {
       max_memory = 768.GB
       max_cpus = 70