diff --git a/docker/.env.sample b/docker/.env.sample
index aeb69bfd27..eef690a808 100644
--- a/docker/.env.sample
+++ b/docker/.env.sample
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 ## INVOKEAI_PORT is the port on which the InvokeAI web interface will be available
 # INVOKEAI_PORT=9090
 
-## GPU_DRIVER can be set to either `nvidia` or `rocm` to enable GPU support in the container accordingly.
-# GPU_DRIVER=nvidia #| rocm
+## GPU_DRIVER can be set to either `cuda` or `rocm` to enable GPU support in the container accordingly.
+# GPU_DRIVER=cuda #| rocm
 
 ## CONTAINER_UID can be set to the UID of the user on the host system that should own the files in the container.
+## It is usually not necessary to change this. Use `id -u` on the host system to find the UID.
 # CONTAINER_UID=1000
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 2ad50e74a1..af96cc1c8f 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Eugene Brodsky https://github.com/ebr
 
-version: '3.8'
-
 x-invokeai: &invokeai
     image: "local/invokeai:latest"
     build:
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ x-invokeai: &invokeai
 
 
 services:
-  invokeai-nvidia:
+  invokeai-cuda:
     <<: *invokeai
     deploy:
       resources:
diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
index d413e53453..1040e865bf 100755
--- a/docker/run.sh
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ run() {
   local build_args=""
   local profile=""
 
+  # create .env file if it doesn't exist, otherwise docker compose will fail
   touch .env
+
+  # parse .env file for build args
   build_args=$(awk '$1 ~ /=[^$]/ && $0 !~ /^#/ {print "--build-arg " $0 " "}' .env) &&
   profile="$(awk -F '=' '/GPU_DRIVER/ {print $2}' .env)"
 
-  [[ -z "$profile" ]] && profile="nvidia"
+  # default to 'cuda' profile
+  [[ -z "$profile" ]] && profile="cuda"
 
   local service_name="invokeai-$profile"