diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fbcf7f488ffb9b8c3bb80ffcc920417735ea828..af45118fbd9818ec5a6f8447cf4027676c8bda5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ University of California, San Diego
 
 ## Version
 
-1.7.4
+1.7.5
 
 ## Last Updated
 
diff --git a/naked-singularity.sh b/naked-singularity.sh
index e54dabf45f341d31385e132c3bd95b9ce55b349e..e9c473dbed768c79398ed4be43ef6960b7acd52b 100755
--- a/naked-singularity.sh
+++ b/naked-singularity.sh
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ naked::install() {
     apt-get -y install debootstrap
     apt-get -y install yum-utils
 
+    # https://github.com/hpcng/singularity/issues/241
+    echo '%_var /var' > ~/.rpmmacros
+    echo '%_dbpath %{_var}/lib/rpm' >> ~/.rpmmacros
+
   else
 
     log::error 'Operating system not recognized or not supported.'