diff --git a/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py b/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py
index 1b2d5ca..cbd5ad3 100644
--- a/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py
+++ b/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ def package_configs(self, *cfgs: tuple[str, str]) -> list[str]:
         return filenames
 
     def package(self, packager: Packager, job_name: str):
-        if job_name in self.tunnel.packaging_jobs:
+        if job_name in self.tunnel.packaging_jobs and not packager.symlink_from_remote_dir:
             logger.info(
                 f"Packaging for job {job_name} in tunnel {self.tunnel} already done. Skipping subsequent packagings.\n"
                 "This may cause issues if you have multiple tasks with the same name but different packagers, as only the first packager will be used."
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@ def package(self, packager: Packager, job_name: str):
             if base_remote_mount not in self.container_mounts:
                 self.container_mounts.append(f"{base_remote_dir}:{base_remote_dir}")
 
+            for req in self.resource_group:
+                if base_remote_mount not in req.container_mounts:
+                    req.container_mounts.append(base_remote_mount)
+
             return
 
         assert self.experiment_id, "Executor not assigned to an experiment."
diff --git a/src/nemo_run/run/torchx_backend/schedulers/slurm.py b/src/nemo_run/run/torchx_backend/schedulers/slurm.py
index 75aaf41..c0eafb5 100644
--- a/src/nemo_run/run/torchx_backend/schedulers/slurm.py
+++ b/src/nemo_run/run/torchx_backend/schedulers/slurm.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ def _submit_dryrun(self, app: AppDef, cfg: Executor) -> AppDryRunInfo[Any]:  # t
         partition = executor.partition
         assert partition is None or isinstance(partition, str), "partition must be str"
 
+        executor.package(packager=executor.packager, job_name=Path(job_dir).name)
+
         srun_cmds: list[list[str]] = []
         jobs = []
         envs = {}
@@ -137,8 +139,6 @@ def _submit_dryrun(self, app: AppDef, cfg: Executor) -> AppDryRunInfo[Any]:  # t
         with open(path, "w") as f:
             f.write(script)
 
-        executor.package(packager=executor.packager, job_name=Path(job_dir).name)
-
         return AppDryRunInfo(req, repr)
 
     def schedule(self, dryrun_info: AppDryRunInfo[SlurmBatchRequest]) -> str:  # type: ignore