diff --git a/nemo_run/core/execution/launcher.py b/nemo_run/core/execution/launcher.py
index f40d52cf..980ad87c 100644
--- a/nemo_run/core/execution/launcher.py
+++ b/nemo_run/core/execution/launcher.py
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ class Launcher(ConfigurableMixin):
     nsys_profile: bool = False
     nsys_folder: str = "nsys_profile"
     nsys_trace: list[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: ["nvtx", "cuda"])
+    nsys_extra_args: list[str] = field(
+        default_factory=lambda: [
+            "--force-overwrite=true",
+            "--capture-range=cudaProfilerApi",
+            "--capture-range-end=stop",
+            "--cuda-graph-trace=node",
+            "--cuda-event-trace=false",
+        ]
+    )
 
     def get_nsys_prefix(self, profile_dir: str) -> Optional[list[str]]:
         """Make a command prefix for nsys profiling"""
@@ -27,12 +36,7 @@ def get_nsys_prefix(self, profile_dir: str) -> Optional[list[str]]:
                 ",".join(self.nsys_trace),
                 "-o",
                 f"{profile_out_path}/profile_%p",
-                "--force-overwrite",
-                "true",
-                "--capture-range=cudaProfilerApi",
-                "--capture-range-end=stop",
-                "--cuda-graph-trace=node",
-            ]
+            ] + self.nsys_extra_args
             return args
 
     def transform(self, cmd: list[str]) -> Optional[Script]: ...
diff --git a/nemo_run/package_info.py b/nemo_run/package_info.py
index 6316ccf3..0682451f 100644
--- a/nemo_run/package_info.py
+++ b/nemo_run/package_info.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from packaging.version import Version
 
-__version__ = '0.5.0rc0.dev0'
+__version__ = "0.5.0rc0.dev0"
 
 MAJOR = Version(__version__).major
 MINOR = Version(__version__).minor
diff --git a/test/core/execution/test_slurm_templates.py b/test/core/execution/test_slurm_templates.py
index 3faa7e32..dbb33690 100644
--- a/test/core/execution/test_slurm_templates.py
+++ b/test/core/execution/test_slurm_templates.py
@@ -470,11 +470,11 @@ def test_dummy_batch_request_nsys(
             "nvtx,cuda",
             "-o",
             "/nemo_run/nsys_profile/profile_%p",
-            "--force-overwrite",
-            "true",
+            "--force-overwrite=true",
             "--capture-range=cudaProfilerApi",
             "--capture-range-end=stop",
             "--cuda-graph-trace=node",
+            "--cuda-event-trace=false",
         ]
 
     def test_dummy_batch_request_warn(