diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c8e98de..f9a475c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
     <<: *base_service
     profiles: ["auto"]
     build: ./services/AUTOMATIC1111
-    image: sd-auto:68
+    image: sd-auto:69
     environment:
       - CLI_ARGS=--allow-code --medvram --xformers --enable-insecure-extension-access --api
 
diff --git a/services/AUTOMATIC1111/Dockerfile b/services/AUTOMATIC1111/Dockerfile
index 9e40d8c..c30ac1f 100644
--- a/services/AUTOMATIC1111/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/AUTOMATIC1111/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
   git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git@d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1 \
   git+https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip.git@bb6e834e9c70d9c27d0dc3ecedeebeaeb1ffad6b
 
+# there seems to be a memory leak (or maybe just memory not being freed fast eno8ugh) that is fixed by this version of malloc
+# maybe move this up to the dependencies list.
+RUN apt-get -y install libgoogle-perftools-dev && apt-get clean
+ENV LD_PRELOAD=libtcmalloc.so
 
 COPY . /docker