diff --git a/internal/docker.go b/internal/docker.go
index d77e261..4af67ef 100644
--- a/internal/docker.go
+++ b/internal/docker.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func (d *DockerRun) Run(
   runCommand string,
 	runCommandArgs []string,
 	exposePort int,
+  gpuIDs []string,
 ) error {
 
 	fmt.Printf("killing container %s\n", containerName)
@@ -148,8 +149,9 @@ func (d *DockerRun) Run(
 	if _, err := os.Stat("/dev/nvidia0"); err == nil {
 		fmt.Printf("host has gpu, adding gpu to device requests\n")
 		dr = append(dr, container.DeviceRequest{
-			Count:        -1,
+			Count:        len(gpuIDs),
 			Capabilities: [][]string{{"gpu"}},
+      DeviceIDs: gpuIDs,
 		})
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("host does not have gpu, not adding gpu to device requests\n")
diff --git a/internal/misc.go b/internal/misc.go
index 346e7d4..d0d9d50 100644
--- a/internal/misc.go
+++ b/internal/misc.go
@@ -193,3 +193,11 @@ func parseOrExitInternal[T ~string | ~int | ~[]string](cmd *cobra.Command, flag
 
 	return nil, false
 }
+
+func toStringSlice[T any](slice []T) []string {
+  var stringSlice []string
+  for _, v := range slice {
+    stringSlice = append(stringSlice, fmt.Sprintf("%v", v))
+  }
+  return stringSlice
+}
diff --git a/internal/run.go b/internal/run.go
index 0e716ff..bd0d42b 100644
--- a/internal/run.go
+++ b/internal/run.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package internal
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -10,62 +11,90 @@ import (
 type RunArgs struct {
 	ProjectName    string   `validate:"required,varname"`
 	Hosts          []string `validate:"required"`
-	NProcPerNode   int      `validate:"required,min=1"`
+	NProcPerNode   string   `validate:"required"`
 	ExperimentName string   `validate:"required,varname"`
 	Port           int      `validate:"required,min=1"`
 	RunName        string   `validate:"required,varname"`
 	MaxRepeats     int      `validate:"required,min=-1"`
 	Rest           []string
-  ContainerName  *string
+	ContainerName  *string
 }
 
 const runScript = `#!/usr/bin/env python
 from higgsfield.internal.main import cli;
 cli()
 `
+
 func nameFromRunArgs(args RunArgs) string {
-  if args.ContainerName != nil && *args.ContainerName != "" {
+	if args.ContainerName != nil && *args.ContainerName != "" {
 		return *args.ContainerName
-  }
+	}
 
 	return DefaultProjExpContainerName(args.ProjectName, args.ExperimentName)
 }
 
 func trimPathForLength(path string, length int) string {
-  // check if path is less than length
-  if len(path) < length {
-    return path
-  }
-
-  // get rid of home directory and replace is with ~
-  // e.g. /home/user/... -> ~/...
-  if path[0] == '/' {
-    path = path[1:]
-  }
-
-  branches := strings.Split(path, "/")
-  slashes := len(branches) - 1
-  if slashes == 0 {
-    return path[:length]
-  }
-
-  if branches[0] == "home" {
-    path = "~/" + strings.Join(branches[2:], "/")
-  }
-
-  if len(path) < length {
-    return path
-  }
-
-  return path[:length] + "..."
+	// check if path is less than length
+	if len(path) < length {
+		return path
+	}
+
+	// get rid of home directory and replace is with ~
+	// e.g. /home/user/... -> ~/...
+	if path[0] == '/' {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+
+	branches := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	slashes := len(branches) - 1
+	if slashes == 0 {
+		return path[:length]
+	}
+
+	if branches[0] == "home" {
+		path = "~/" + strings.Join(branches[2:], "/")
+	}
+
+	if len(path) < length {
+		return path
+	}
+
+	return path[:length] + "..."
+}
+
+type nProcPerNode map[string][]int
+
+// parseNProcPerNode converts
+func parseNProcPerNode(host, nppn string) []int {
+	var procMap nProcPerNode
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(nppn), &procMap); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("failed to parse nProcPerNode: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	hostNProc, ok := procMap[host]
+	if !ok {
+		fmt.Printf("failed to find host %s in nProcPerNode map\n", host)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	return hostNProc
 }
 
 func Run(args RunArgs) {
 	if err := Validator().Struct(args); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	
-  master := args.Hosts[0]
+
+	myIP, err := myPublicIP()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("failed to get my public IP: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	gpuIDs := parseNProcPerNode(myIP, args.NProcPerNode)
+
+	master := args.Hosts[0]
 	rank := 0
 
 	if len(args.Hosts) > 1 {
@@ -88,7 +117,7 @@ func Run(args RunArgs) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-  containerName := nameFromRunArgs(args)
+	containerName := nameFromRunArgs(args)
 
 	fmt.Printf(`
 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -100,9 +129,15 @@ func Run(args RunArgs) {
 ║  > RUN NAME         = %s
 ║  > CONTAINER NAME   = %s
 ║  > MODEL CHKPT PATH = %s
-║
+║  > GPU IDs          = %v
 ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-`, args.ExperimentName, args.RunName, containerName, trimPathForLength(checkpointDir, 70))
+`,
+		args.ExperimentName,
+		args.RunName,
+		containerName,
+		trimPathForLength(checkpointDir, 70),
+		gpuIDs,
+	)
 
 	cmd, cmdArgs := buildArgs(
 		nodeNum,
@@ -110,7 +145,7 @@ func Run(args RunArgs) {
 		master,
 		args.Port,
 		[]string{"hf.py", "run"},
-		args.NProcPerNode,
+		len(gpuIDs),
 		args.ExperimentName,
 		args.RunName,
 		args.MaxRepeats,
@@ -132,8 +167,18 @@ func Run(args RunArgs) {
 
 	f.Write([]byte(runScript))
 
-	dr := NewDockerRun(context.Background(), args.ProjectName, cwd, hostCachePath)
-	if err := dr.Run(containerName, cmd, cmdArgs, args.Port); err != nil {
+	dr := NewDockerRun(
+		context.Background(),
+		args.ProjectName,
+		cwd,
+		hostCachePath)
+	if err := dr.Run(
+		containerName,
+		cmd,
+		cmdArgs,
+		args.Port,
+		toStringSlice(gpuIDs),
+	); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("error occured while running experiment: %+v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}