diff --git a/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml b/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml
index 7753133f2886..f2323b5d638f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nv-transformers-v100.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
       - 'blogs/**'
       - 'deepspeed/inference/v2/**'
       - "tests/unit/inference/v2/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
   merge_group:
     branches: [ master ]
   schedule:
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pytorch
         run: |
           # use the same pytorch version as transformers CI
-          pip install -U --cache-dir $TORCH_CACHE torch==2.0.1+cu118 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
+          pip install -U --cache-dir $TORCH_CACHE torch==2.1.0 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
           python -c "import torch; print('torch:', torch.__version__, torch)"
           python -c "import torch; print('CUDA available:', torch.cuda.is_available())"
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           git clone https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
           cd transformers
           # if needed switch to the last known good SHA until transformers@master is fixed
-          git checkout e7e9261a2
+          #git checkout f370bebdc
           git rev-parse --short HEAD
           pip install .
 
diff --git a/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py b/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py
index a7fa2b5053e5..fa78497f850f 100755
--- a/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py
+++ b/deepspeed/launcher/runner.py
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ def main(args=None):
     args = parse_args(args)
 
     # For when argparse interprets remaining args as a single string
-    args.user_args = shlex.split(" ".join(list(map(lambda x: x if x.startswith("-") else f'"{x}"', args.user_args))))
+    args.user_args = shlex.split(" ".join(list(map(lambda x: x if x.startswith("-") else f"'{x}'", args.user_args))))
 
     if args.elastic_training:
         assert args.master_addr != "", "Master Addr is required when elastic training is enabled"