diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebd275d9c94672199ba0a022330f0e6a74eb9adf..fcfa056dab99e5e4d54a0a44ea6bd3428cda77cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build and distribute software tools with Spack for the EBRAINS Collaboratory Lab
 ```
 #update modulepath of JupterLab container to include spack arch modulefiles path
 module use /srv/test-build/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-centos7-broadwell/
+module use /srv/test-build/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-centos7-x86_64/
 
 #start JupyterLab kernel made for spack
 jupyter kernelspec install --user /srv/jupyterlab_kernels/int/release20210930/spack_python_kernel_release_20210930/
diff --git a/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh b/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
index f819f00cb99088ab6aea68696c02aa357eb8cf40..3f159d1fdac6ac5947f50e8fc3c21791982a08d7 100644
--- a/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
+++ b/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spack repo add /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/ebrains-spack-builds
 # no need to activate as the env is already activated in the context it is used
 #spack env activate $SPACKIFIED_ENV
 
-module use /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-centos7-broadwell/
+module use /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-centos7-x86_64/
 source /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/var/spack/environments/$SPACKIFIED_ENV/loads
 # add also user's .local python3.8 packages to allow package installation at runtime
 # by the user using pip
diff --git a/load_sim_tools.sh b/load_sim_tools.sh
index 52765ec7c3373cac4eb73b1d6e4b5cf3f4398420..adb774a9d7717d14ebd0d71b22ec32cbf66b53ba 100644
--- a/load_sim_tools.sh
+++ b/load_sim_tools.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cd /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT
 spack repo add ebrains-spack-builds
 spack env activate $SPACKIFIED_ENV
 
-module use /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-centos7-broadwell/
+module use /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-centos7-x86_64/
 source /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/var/spack/environments/$SPACKIFIED_ENV/loads
 
 echo "Everything ready!"