diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all b/ansible/group_vars/all
index 09181da..0284581 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ common_modules: "{{ modules_dir }}/common"
 
 admin_group: "idia-admins"
 
+# SSH jump host printed in the connection instructions of interactive containers
+# (RStudio, PopGen). Override with -e login_host=... or in the inventory.
+login_host: "slurm.ilifu.ac.za"
+
 # 4.4.1 is built --without-suid (see roles/compiled/tasks/common/singularity.yaml);
 # 4.1.0 still ships a setuid starter-suid. Note 4.4.2 is registered in
 # roles/compiled/tasks/common/main.yml but is not yet installed on /software.
diff --git a/ansible/roles/containers/tasks/common/main.yml b/ansible/roles/containers/tasks/common/main.yml
index 8a31b4a..142b14b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/containers/tasks/common/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/containers/tasks/common/main.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
         rstudio_deb_release: jammy
         r_version: 4.6.1
         rstudio_version: 2026.07.1-147
+      - base_container_name: ubuntu-noble-compile
+        base_container_version_name: noble
+        rstudio_deb_release: jammy
+        r_version: 4.6.1
+        rstudio_version: 2026.09.0-174
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
     file: RStudio.yaml
   loop: "{{ rstudio_versions }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/containers/templates/bio/PopGen.def b/ansible/roles/containers/templates/bio/PopGen.def
index 62ba78e..1ebb27b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/containers/templates/bio/PopGen.def
+++ b/ansible/roles/containers/templates/bio/PopGen.def
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ From: {{ base_container_image }}
   HOST=$( /bin/hostname )
   echo "Running rserver on port ${PORT}"
   echo "To connect to this server run this on your local machine:"
-  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@slurm.ilifu.ac.za nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
+  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@{{ login_host }} nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
   echo "then vist http://localhost:8081 in your browser and use the username \"${USER}\" to login with the password \"${RSTUDIO_PASSWORD}\""
   echo "(You may need to choose a different port (other than 8081), so remember to change this in both the ssh and browser)"
   exec rserver --auth-none 0 --auth-pam-helper rstudio_auth --secure-cookie-key-file /tmp/rstudio-server-${USER}/secure-cookie.key --www-port ${PORT} "${@}"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ From: {{ base_container_image }}
   HOST=$( /bin/hostname )
   echo "Running rserver on port ${PORT}"
   echo "To connect to this server run this on your local machine:"
-  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@slurm.ilifu.ac.za nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
+  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@{{ login_host }} nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
   echo "then vist http://localhost:8081 in your browser and use the username \"${USER}\" to login with the password \"${RSTUDIO_PASSWORD}\""
   echo "(You may need to choose a different port (other than 8081), so remember to change this in both the ssh and browser)"
   exec rserver --auth-none 0 --auth-pam-helper rstudio_auth --secure-cookie-key-file /tmp/rstudio-server-${USER}/secure-cookie.key --www-port ${PORT} "${@}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/containers/templates/common/RStudio.def b/ansible/roles/containers/templates/common/RStudio.def
index 7cd93d5..89eb2f9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/containers/templates/common/RStudio.def
+++ b/ansible/roles/containers/templates/common/RStudio.def
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ From: {{ base_container_image }}
   HOST=$( /bin/hostname )
   echo "Running rserver on port ${PORT}"
   echo "To connect to this server run this on your local machine:"
-  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@slurm.ilifu.ac.za nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
+  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@{{ login_host }} nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
   echo "then visit http://localhost:8081 in your browser and use the username \"${USER}\" to login with the password \"${RSTUDIO_PASSWORD}\""
   echo "(You may need to choose a different port (other than 8081), so remember to change this in both the ssh and browser)"
   exec rserver --server-user ${USER} --auth-none 0 --auth-pam-helper rstudio_auth --secure-cookie-key-file ${HOME}/.RStudio.rserver/secure-cookie.key --www-port ${PORT} --server-data-dir ${HOME}/.RStudio.rserver/data "${@}"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ From: {{ base_container_image }}
   HOST=$( /bin/hostname )
   echo "Running rserver on port ${PORT}"
   echo "To connect to this server run this on your local machine:"
-  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@slurm.ilifu.ac.za nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
+  echo "    ssh -A ${USER}@${HOST} -o \"ProxyCommand=ssh ${USER}@{{ login_host }} nc ${HOST} 22\" -L8081:localhost:${PORT}"
   echo "then visit http://localhost:8081 in your browser and use the username \"${USER}\" to login with the password \"${RSTUDIO_PASSWORD}\""
   echo "(You may need to choose a different port (other than 8081), so remember to change this in both the ssh and browser)"
   exec rserver --server-user ${USER} --auth-none 0 --auth-pam-helper rstudio_auth --secure-cookie-key-file ${HOME}/.RStudio.rserver/secure-cookie.key --www-port ${PORT} --server-data-dir ${HOME}/.RStudio.rserver/data "${@}"
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ From: {{ base_container_image }}
     libssl-dev \
     libtiff5-dev \
     libuv1-dev \
+    libwebp-dev \
     libxml2-dev \
     libxt-dev \
     netcdf-bin \