diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9fdd0cfe..46f89c0e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 build
 playground
-dependencies
 .vscode
 dump
 *.msh
diff --git a/dependencies/FindMETIS.cmake b/dependencies/FindMETIS.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfae35a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/FindMETIS.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+#[=======================================================================[.rst:
+FindMETIS
+-------
+Michael Hirsch, Ph.D.
+
+Finds the METIS library.
+NOTE: If libparmetis used, libmetis must also be linked.
+
+Imported Targets
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+METIS::METIS
+
+Result Variables
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+METIS_LIBRARIES
+  libraries to be linked
+
+METIS_INCLUDE_DIRS
+  dirs to be included
+
+#]=======================================================================]
+
+
+if("parallel" IN_LIST METIS_FIND_COMPONENTS)
+  find_library(PARMETIS_LIBRARY
+    NAMES parmetis
+    PATH_SUFFIXES METIS libmetis
+    DOC "ParMETIS library"
+    )
+  if(PARMETIS_LIBRARY)
+    set(METIS_parallel_FOUND true)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+find_library(METIS_LIBRARY
+  NAMES metis
+  PATH_SUFFIXES METIS libmetis
+  DOC "METIS library"
+  )
+
+if(parallel IN_LIST METIS_FIND_COMPONENTS)
+  set(metis_inc parmetis.h)
+else()
+  set(metis_inc metis.h)
+endif()
+
+find_path(METIS_INCLUDE_DIR
+NAMES ${metis_inc}
+PATH_SUFFIXES METIS openmpi-x86_64 mpich-x86_64
+DOC "METIS include directory"
+)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(METIS
+REQUIRED_VARS METIS_LIBRARY METIS_INCLUDE_DIR
+HANDLE_COMPONENTS
+)
+
+if(METIS_FOUND)
+
+set(METIS_LIBRARIES ${PARMETIS_LIBRARY} ${METIS_LIBRARY})
+set(METIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${METIS_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+message(VERBOSE "METIS libraries: ${METIS_LIBRARIES}
+METIS include directories: ${METIS_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+
+if(NOT TARGET METIS::METIS)
+  add_library(METIS::METIS INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+  set_property(TARGET METIS::METIS PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${METIS_LIBRARIES}")
+  set_property(TARGET METIS::METIS PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${METIS_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+endif()
+endif(METIS_FOUND)
+
+mark_as_advanced(METIS_INCLUDE_DIR METIS_LIBRARY PARMETIS_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 045bfa1e..54872169 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ WORKDIR $LIB_DIR
 RUN sudo git clone https://github.com/scivision/mumps.git
 WORKDIR ./mumps
 RUN sudo git checkout v5.6.2.1
+RUN sudo wget -O cmake/FindMETIS.cmake https://github.com/LLNL/scaleupROM/raw/install/dependencies/FindMETIS.cmake
+# RUN sudo sed -i 's/if(parallel IN_LIST METIS_FIND_COMPONENTS)/if("parallel" IN_LIST METIS_FIND_COMPONENTS)/g' cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
+
 # RUN sudo sed -i 's/option(CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY "Verify TLS certificates" ON)/option(CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY "Verify TLS certificates" OFF)/g' options.cmake
-RUN sudo sed -i 's/if(parallel IN_LIST METIS_FIND_COMPONENTS)/if("parallel" IN_LIST METIS_FIND_COMPONENTS)/g' cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
 # # RUN sudo sed -i 's/TLS_VERIFY true/TLS_VERIFY false/g' cmake/mumps_src.cmake
 # RUN sudo sed -i '/NAMES parmetis/a PATHS "$ENV{PARMETIS_DIR}/lib"' cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
 # RUN sudo sed -i '/NAMES metis/a PATHS "$ENV{METIS_DIR}/lib"' cmake/FindMETIS.cmake