diff --git a/docker-compose.full.yaml b/docker-compose.full.yaml
index 6aa38c5..ef7db64 100644
--- a/docker-compose.full.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.full.yaml
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ services:
       - 127.0.0.1:${ZMQ_PORT:-18082}:18082          # zmq
       - 127.0.0.1:${UNRESTRICTED_PORT:-18083}:18083 # unrestricted rpc
     command:
-      monerod --data-dir=/data --p2p-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --p2p-bind-port=18080  --rpc-restricted-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-restricted-bind-port=18081 --zmq-rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --zmq-rpc-bind-port=18082 --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=18083 --non-interactive --confirm-external-bind --public-node --log-level=0
+      monerod --data-dir=/data --p2p-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --p2p-bind-port=18080 --rpc-restricted-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-restricted-bind-port=18081 --zmq-rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --zmq-rpc-bind-port=18082 --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=18083 --non-interactive --confirm-external-bind --public-node --log-level=0
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index b34fa6f..1f5c78b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ services:
     build:
       context: dockerfiles
       dockerfile: monero_nocompile
-      args:
-        threads: ${THREADS:-1}
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - ${DATA_DIR:-./data}:/data
@@ -66,4 +64,4 @@ services:
       - 127.0.0.1:${ZMQ_PORT:-18082}:18082          # zmq
       - 127.0.0.1:${UNRESTRICTED_PORT:-18083}:18083 # unrestricted rpc
     command:
-      monerod --data-dir=/data --p2p-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --p2p-bind-port=18080 --rpc-restricted-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-restricted-bind-port=18081 --zmq-rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --zmq-rpc-bind-port=18082 --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=18083 --non-interactive --confirm-external-bind --public-node --log-level=0 --ban-list=/tmp/block.txt
+      monerod --data-dir=/data --p2p-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --p2p-bind-port=18080 --rpc-restricted-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-restricted-bind-port=18081 --zmq-rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --zmq-rpc-bind-port=18082 --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=18083 --non-interactive --confirm-external-bind --public-node --log-level=0
diff --git a/dockerfiles/monero_compile b/dockerfiles/monero_compile
index 91b3e4e..cc70700 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/monero_compile
+++ b/dockerfiles/monero_compile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential cmake pkg-config libboost-all-dev \
     libssl-dev libzmq3-dev libunbound-dev libsodium-dev libpgm-dev git
 
-RUN git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero --branch=v0.17.1.7 --depth=1 .
+RUN git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero --branch=v0.17.1.8 --depth=1 .
 
 RUN git submodule update --init --force
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/monero_nocompile b/dockerfiles/monero_nocompile
index f59a67c..636c9a2 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/monero_nocompile
+++ b/dockerfiles/monero_nocompile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
-ENV MONERO_HASH 98ce0d22db0d1112114bbad4c9773d1490d30e5c643423c2e5bffc19553207f9
-ENV MONERO_DL_URL https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-linux-x64-v0.17.1.7.tar.bz2
+ENV MONERO_HASH b566652c5281970c6137c27dd15002fe6d4c9230bc37d81545b2f36c16e7d476
+ENV MONERO_DL_URL https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-linux-x64-v0.17.1.8.tar.bz2
 ENV MONERO_DL_FILE monero.tar.bz2
 ENV MONERO_SUMS_FILE sha256sums
 
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ WORKDIR /opt/monero
 
 RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get upgrade -y \
-  && apt-get install -y tar wget \
-  && wget -qO ${MONERO_DL_FILE} ${MONERO_DL_URL} \
+  && apt-get install -y tar wget
+
+RUN wget -qO ${MONERO_DL_FILE} ${MONERO_DL_URL} \
   && echo "${MONERO_HASH}  ${MONERO_DL_FILE}" > ${MONERO_SUMS_FILE} \
   && sha256sum -c ${MONERO_SUMS_FILE}; \
   if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; \
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 WORKDIR /data
 
-RUN wget https://gui.xmr.pm/files/block.txt -O /tmp/block.txt -q
+RUN wget https://gui.xmr.pm/files/block.txt -q
 
 EXPOSE 18080
 EXPOSE 18081