diff --git a/stage_one.py b/stage_one.py
index 7c82e6706ade0b7bb614bb662df4070a25c0ab54..800be3c4961cd7c20cfa59d33bc4769baa1307d8 100644
--- a/stage_one.py
+++ b/stage_one.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from clearml import Task, Dataset
 
 task = Task.init(project_name="pipeline",
                 task_name="pipeline step 1 dataset artifact")
-task.add_requirements("./requirements.txt")
+task.add_requirements("-r ./requirements.txt")
 
 # only create the task, it will be executed remotely later
 task.execute_remotely()
diff --git a/stage_two.py b/stage_two.py
index 288f1f00b5124866ce1a00aa3e0b10252214b20d..9c1694c6db053ca9a584b012681435e3fb75c7d7 100644
--- a/stage_two.py
+++ b/stage_two.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def validate(model, testloader, criterion):
 
 task = Task.init(project_name="pipeline",
                 task_name="pipeline step 2 train model")
-task.add_requirements("./requirements.txt")
+task.add_requirements("-r ./requirements.txt")
 
 # only create the task, we will actually execute it later
 task.execute_remotely()