diff --git a/examples/karpenter/MIGRATION.md b/examples/karpenter/MIGRATION.md
index 4611b502..39e48198 100644
--- a/examples/karpenter/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/examples/karpenter/MIGRATION.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Given that karpenter itself is stateless, we set the `single_nodegroup` in order
 
 #### Implementation Steps
 
-1. Add the following to the infra.tfvars and nodes.tfvars:
+1. Check if the karpenter_node_groups variable exists then update or add it to  the following to the infra.tfvars and nodes.tfvars:
 
 ```hcl
 # Consult the karpenter_node_groups variable for additional options.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ karpenter_node_groups = {
 }
 ```
 
-2. Add the following to the cluster.tfvars:
+2. Check if the karpenter variable exists then update or add it to the cluster.tfvars:
 
 ```hcl
 # Consult the karpenter variable for additional options.
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ If you do not wish to use the script to create and apply the `ec2nodeclasses` an
 3. Apply the Karpenter configurations:
 
 ```bash
-./karpenter/karpenter-configs.sh apply
+cd karpenter
+./karpenter-configs.sh apply
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/examples/karpenter/karpenter-configs.sh b/examples/karpenter/karpenter-configs.sh
index fa558026..88e64ba0 100755
--- a/examples/karpenter/karpenter-configs.sh
+++ b/examples/karpenter/karpenter-configs.sh
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ check_directories
 
 case "$1" in
 "render")
+  render
   echo "Templates rendered successfully!"
   ;;
 "apply")
diff --git a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/compute.yaml b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/compute.yaml
index 5936d820..967df9ef 100644
--- a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/compute.yaml
+++ b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/compute.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ spec:
         dominodatalab.com/domino-node: "true"
         dominodatalab.com/node-pool: default
     spec:
-      limits:
-        cpu: 240
-        memory: 960Gi
+#      limits:
+#        cpu: 240
+#        memory: 960Gi
       expireAfter: Never
       nodeClassRef:
         group: karpenter.k8s.aws
diff --git a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/gpu.yaml b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/gpu.yaml
index bedb5396..71c27140 100644
--- a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/gpu.yaml
+++ b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/gpu.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ spec:
         dominodatalab.com/node-pool: default-gpu
         nvidia.com/gpu: "true"
     spec:
-      limits:
-        cpu: 80
-        memory: 320Gi
-        nvidia.com/gpu: 10
+#      limits:
+#        cpu: 80
+#        memory: 320Gi
+#        nvidia.com/gpu: 10
       expireAfter: Never
       nodeClassRef:
         group: karpenter.k8s.aws
diff --git a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/neuron.yaml b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/neuron.yaml
index fb78ce73..5a94496f 100644
--- a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/neuron.yaml
+++ b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/neuron.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ spec:
         dominodatalab.com/domino-node: "true"
         dominodatalab.com/node-pool: trainium
     spec:
-      limits:
-        aws.amazon.com/neuron: 10
-        cpu: 80
-        memory: 320Gi
+#      limits:
+#        aws.amazon.com/neuron: 10
+#        cpu: 80
+#        memory: 320Gi
       expireAfter: Never
       nodeClassRef:
         group: karpenter.k8s.aws
diff --git a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/platform.yaml b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/platform.yaml
index 10491ec5..5636e207 100644
--- a/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/platform.yaml
+++ b/examples/karpenter/templates/nodepools/platform.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ spec:
         dominodatalab.com/domino-node: "true"
         dominodatalab.com/node-pool: platform
     spec:
-      limits:
-        cpu: 160
-        memory: 640Gi
+#      limits:
+#        cpu: 160
+#        memory: 640Gi
       expireAfter: Never
       nodeClassRef:
         group: karpenter.k8s.aws