diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7064c1ec..4e620dac 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ Changelog
 
 v0.9.1 (unreleased)
 -------------------
-Contributors to this version: Pascal Bourgault (:user:`aulemahal`), Trevor James Smith (:user:`Zeitsperre`).
+Contributors to this version: Pascal Bourgault (:user:`aulemahal`), Trevor James Smith (:user:`Zeitsperre`), Juliette Lavoie (:user:`juliettelavoie`).
 
 Bug fixes
 ^^^^^^^^^
-* Fixed defaults for ``xr_combine_kwargs`` in ``extract_dataset``. (:pull:`402`).
+* Fixed defaults for ``xr_combine_kwargs`` in ``extract_dataset`` (:pull:`402`).
+* Fixed bug with `xs.utils.update_attr`(:issue:`404`, :pull:`405`).
+* Fixed template 1 bugs due to changes in versions of dependencies. ( :pull:`405`).
 
 Internal changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/config1.yml b/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/config1.yml
index 9d4f7f1d..1d0c480b 100644
--- a/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/config1.yml
+++ b/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/config1.yml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ extract:
         - '1950'
         - '2100'
       other_search_criteria: # put the simulations you want here
+        processing_level: raw
         mip_era: CMIP6
         experiment:
           - ssp245
@@ -540,7 +541,7 @@ logging: # general logging args
       class : logging.StreamHandler
       formatter: default
       level : INFO
-#    file:
+#    file: #Uncomment if you want a log file, don't forget to also uncomment the filename in paths1.yml.
 #      class: logging.FileHandler
 #      formatter: default
 #      level : DEBUG
diff --git a/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/paths1_example.yml b/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/paths1_example.yml
index 217ef9a4..208f1ab5 100644
--- a/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/paths1_example.yml
+++ b/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/paths1_example.yml
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ dask:
     local_directory: DASK_PATH
     dashboard_address: YOUR_RANDOM_NUMBER
 
-logging:
-    handlers:
-        file:
-            filename: PATH/logger.log
+#logging: #Uncomment if you want a log file
+#    handlers:
+#        file:
+#            filename: PATH/logger.log
 
 utils:
     stack_drop_nans:
diff --git a/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/workflow1.py b/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/workflow1.py
index ac8f70a4..9cad6bb4 100644
--- a/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/workflow1.py
+++ b/templates/1-basic_workflow_with_config/workflow1.py
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
                                     ds,
                                     ds[list(ds.data_vars)[0]]
                                     .isel(time=0, drop=True)
-                                    .notnull(),
+                                    .notnull()
+                                    .compute(),
                                 )
                             # Prepare the filename for the zarr file, using the format specified in paths1.yml
                             path = CONFIG["paths"]["task"].format(**cur)
diff --git a/xscen/utils.py b/xscen/utils.py
index c354e9ec..2171bd03 100644
--- a/xscen/utils.py
+++ b/xscen/utils.py
@@ -133,20 +133,23 @@ def update_attr(
     others = others or []
     # .strip(' .') removes trailing and leading whitespaces and dots
     if attr in ds.attrs:
-        others = {
+
+        others_attrs = {
             f"attr{i}": dso.attrs.get(attr, "").strip(" .")
             for i, dso in enumerate(others, 1)
         }
-        ds.attrs[attr] = new.format(attr=ds.attrs[attr].strip(" ."), **others, **fmt)
+        ds.attrs[attr] = new.format(
+            attr=ds.attrs[attr].strip(" ."), **others_attrs, **fmt
+        )
     # All existing locales
     for key in fnmatch.filter(ds.attrs.keys(), f"{attr}_??"):
         loc = key[-2:]
-        others = {
+        others_attrs = {
             f"attr{i}": dso.attrs.get(key, dso.attrs.get(attr, "")).strip(" .")
             for i, dso in enumerate(others, 1)
         }
         ds.attrs[key] = TRANSLATOR[loc](new).format(
-            attr=ds.attrs[key].strip(" ."), **others, **fmt
+            attr=ds.attrs[key].strip(" ."), **others_attrs, **fmt
         )