diff --git a/jjb/cord-test/mcord.yaml b/jjb/cord-test/mcord.yaml
index 8de7751..304ddf1 100644
--- a/jjb/cord-test/mcord.yaml
+++ b/jjb/cord-test/mcord.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@
          config-pod: 'onf-mcord-pod1'
          profile: 'mcord'
          branch: 'master'
-         Jenkinsfile: 'Jenkinsfile-mcord-build'
+         Jenkinsfile: 'Jenkinsfile-mcord-local-build'
+      - 'build_mcord_pod_manual':
+         testvm: 'onf-build'
+         config-pod: 'onf-mcord-pod2'
+         profile: 'mcord'
+         branch: 'master'
+         Jenkinsfile: 'Jenkinsfile-mcord-remote-build'
diff --git a/jjb/lint.yaml b/jjb/lint.yaml
index d7bdaf4..b9ac176 100644
--- a/jjb/lint.yaml
+++ b/jjb/lint.yaml
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@
 
           git clone https://gerrit.opencord.org/helm-repo-tools
           ./helm-repo-tools/helmlint.sh clean
+
+          # Specify the remote branch to compare against
+          export COMPARISON_BRANCH="origin/$GERRIT_BRANCH"
           ./helm-repo-tools/chart_version_check.sh
 
 
diff --git a/jjb/mcord-build-vms-new.yaml b/jjb/mcord-build-vms-new.yaml
index 8a663e0..44d954a 100644
--- a/jjb/mcord-build-vms-new.yaml
+++ b/jjb/mcord-build-vms-new.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 - job-template:
     id: 'mcord-vms'
-    name: mcord-new-build-vms'
+    name: mcord-new-build-vms
     project-type: pipeline
 
     description: |
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
          description: 'Name of the Jenkins node to run the job on'
 
       - string:
+         name: branch
+         default: 'master'
+         description: ''
+
+      - string:
          name: notificationEmail
          default: 'luca@opennetworking.org'
          description: ''