diff --git a/benchmarks/maxtest/getting_started.md b/benchmarks/maxtest/getting_started.md
index e272e9eab..3037a1b02 100644
--- a/benchmarks/maxtest/getting_started.md
+++ b/benchmarks/maxtest/getting_started.md
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ EXIT_CODE=0
 
 -   maxtest.sh will generate a YAML file in the directory that is passed to kubectl. This file can be modified and reused by running `kubectl apply -f maxtest.yaml`
 
+### Passing custom libtpu or XLA flags ###
+
+If we want to pass custom flags this is also possible by specifying
+`--libtpu_args`.
+
+
+#### Setting flags for SDC checking ####
+
+Useful checking for the existence of SDC on TPU hardware.
+
+```
+bash maxtest.sh --project $TPU_PROJECT --cluster $CLUSTER --region $REGION --nodepool $NODEPOOL_NAME --num_workers $NUM_WORKERS --libtpu_args '--xla_tpu_enable_sdc_checker'
+```
+
+
 ### Debugging common job errors ###
 
 If the job does not exit with `EXIT_CODE=0`, there is a failure among one of
diff --git a/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.sh b/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.sh
index 3a6a625c8..927dc9fe4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!bin/bash
 
 function usage() {
   echo "error: $1"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ while [[ "$#" > 0 ]]; do case $1 in
   -r|--region)  GKE_REGION="$2";shift;shift;;
   --nodepool)   NODEPOOL="$2";shift;shift;;
   --num_workers)   NUM_WORKERS="$2";shift;shift;;
+  --libtpu_args)   LIBTPU_ARGS="$2";shift;shift;;
   *) usage "Unknown parameter passed: $1"; shift; shift;;
 esac; done
 
@@ -32,19 +33,20 @@ if [ -z "$TPU_ACCELERATOR" ]; then exit; fi;
 
 UUID=$(uuidgen)
 export JOB_NAME="${UUID:0:5}-maxtest"
-export DOCKER_IMAGE="gcr.io/cloud-tpu-images-public/tpu/healthscan"
+export DOCKER_IMAGE="us-docker.pkg.dev/cloud-tpu-images-public/tpu/healthscan:latest"
 export NODEPOOL
 export TPU_TOPOLOGY
 export TPU_ACCELERATOR
 export GKE_PROJECT
 export GKE_REGION
 export GKE_CLUSTER
+export LIBTPU_ARGS
 
 export MEMORY_PER_HOST="407Gi"
 export TPU_CHIPS_PER_HOST=4
 export COMPLETIONS=$NUM_WORKERS # Number of VMs in the nodepool (v6e -> 2 VMs for v6e-8, v5p -> 1 VM for a v5p-8)
 
-YAML_VARS='$JOB_NAME $DOCKER_IMAGE $NODEPOOL $TPU_TOPOLOGY $TPU_ACCELERATOR $COMPLETIONS $MEMORY_PER_HOST $TPU_CHIPS_PER_HOST $GKE_PROJECT $GKE_REGION $GKE_CLUSTER'
+YAML_VARS='$JOB_NAME $DOCKER_IMAGE $NODEPOOL $TPU_TOPOLOGY $TPU_ACCELERATOR $COMPLETIONS $MEMORY_PER_HOST $TPU_CHIPS_PER_HOST $GKE_PROJECT $GKE_REGION $GKE_CLUSTER $LIBTPU_ARGS'
 
 envsubst "${YAML_VARS}" < maxtest.yaml.template > maxtest.yaml
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.yaml.template b/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.yaml.template
index 803ececa4..fd7a1a328 100644
--- a/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.yaml.template
+++ b/benchmarks/maxtest/maxtest.yaml.template
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ spec:
           _sigterm() (kill -SIGTERM $! 2>/dev/null;);
           trap _sigterm SIGTERM;
 
-          (export TPU_STDERR_LOG_LEVEL=0 && export TPU_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=0 && export TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=0 && python3 -m benchmarks.benchmark_runner healthscan --device_type=$TPU_ACCELERATOR_TYPE --base_output_directory=gke-healthscan-output --num_steps=5) & PID=$1;
+          (export TPU_STDERR_LOG_LEVEL=0 && export TPU_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=0 && export TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=0 && echo LIBTPU_INIT_ARGS='$LIBTPU_ARGS' && export LIBTPU_INIT_ARGS='$LIBTPU_ARGS' && python3 -m benchmarks.benchmark_runner healthscan --device_type=$TPU_ACCELERATOR_TYPE --base_output_directory=gke-healthscan-output --num_steps=5) & PID=$1;
 
           while kill -0 $PID 2>/dev/null;
               do sleep 5;