diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c9131ed..bd7c3ec 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.176
+1.0.177
diff --git a/sky130/magic/sky130.magicrc b/sky130/magic/sky130.magicrc
index 8efd70b..7d8518e 100644
--- a/sky130/magic/sky130.magicrc
+++ b/sky130/magic/sky130.magicrc
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 # e.g., "random seed 12345"
 catch {random seed}
 
+# Turn off the scale option on ext2spice or else it conflicts with the
+# scale in the model files.
+ext2spice scale off
+
 # Allow override of PDK path from environment variable PDKPATH
 if {[catch {set PDKPATH $env(PDKPATH)}]} {
     set PDKPATH "STAGING_PATH/TECHNAME"