diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d0f80bc8..71114c98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ The installation script and the update-designer.sh script set environment variab
 so you may want to logout/login, or start a new bash shell before using Labtainers the
 first time.
 
+September 23, 2024
+- Replaced google cloud VM, which was using the wrong Docker version
+
 September 10, 2024
 - Typo in creation of imodule path
 
diff --git a/google/base_create24.sh b/google/base_create24.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cc6e74a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google/base_create24.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "create_vm.sh <user ID>"
+    exit
+fi
+user_id=$1
+vm_name=$user_id-labtainervm
+cp cloud_init.template cloud_init.txt
+gcloud compute instances create $vm_name --image-family=ubuntu-2204-lts \
+   --machine-type=e2-standard-2 \
+   --image-project=ubuntu-os-cloud \
+   --metadata-from-file=user-data=cloud_init.txt
+echo "wait 40 seconds"
+sleep 40
+gcloud compute ssh labtainer@$vm_name --command='echo "VM created, wait for reboot"' || exit
+cp ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine ~/.ssh/id_labtainers
+cp ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine.pub ~/.ssh/id_labtainers.pub
+echo "Now wait until up."
+./waitdone.sh $user_id
diff --git a/google/cloud_init.template b/google/cloud_init.template
index 5d27e06c..2fd4bcea 100644
--- a/google/cloud_init.template
+++ b/google/cloud_init.template
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ write_files:
 runcmd:
 - apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
 - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
-- add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic stable"
+- add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
 - apt update
 - cache policy docker-ce
 - apt install -y docker-ce
diff --git a/google/create_vm.sh b/google/create_vm.sh
index bb9d38e3..a862e16e 100755
--- a/google/create_vm.sh
+++ b/google/create_vm.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fi
 user_id=$1
 vm_name=$user_id-labtainervm
 zone=$(./findzone.sh)
-gcloud compute instances create $vm_name --image=https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/labtainers/global/images/labtainervm7 \
+gcloud compute instances create $vm_name --image=https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/labtainers/global/images/labtainervm8 \
    --metadata-from-file=user-data=user_config.txt --zone=$zone
 gcloud compute disks resize $vm_name --size 30G --zone=$zone -q
 # instances fail ssh until settled
diff --git a/google/publishImage.sh b/google/publishImage.sh
index a53a5c18..f62cef01 100755
--- a/google/publishImage.sh
+++ b/google/publishImage.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 # Only then run this script
 #
 #
-gcloud compute images add-iam-policy-binding labtainervm7 \
+gcloud compute images add-iam-policy-binding labtainervm8 \
     --member='allAuthenticatedUsers' \
     --role='roles/compute.imageUser'