diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
index aabd526f..fbee9fd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
@@ -1328,9 +1328,12 @@ private void checkDockerBuildTime(long startTime, File dockerBuildContext) {
 
     private void startContainer() {
         try {
-            if (OSUtil.isLinux()) {
+            if (OSUtil.isLinux() || OSUtil.isMac()) { // Added Mac since started getting permission errors for logs folder
                 // Allow the server to write to the log files. If we don't create it here docker daemon will create it as root.
                 runCmd("mkdir -p " + serverDirectory + "/logs");
+                // Added two hidden folders since started getting permissions errors on the dropins folder.
+                runCmd("mkdir -p " + buildDirectory + "/" + DEVC_HIDDEN_FOLDER + "/apps");
+                runCmd("mkdir -p " + buildDirectory + "/" + DEVC_HIDDEN_FOLDER + "/dropins");
             }
 
             info("Starting Docker container...");
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/OSUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/OSUtil.java
index a18425be..69f577e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/OSUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/OSUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2018, 2020.
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2018, 2023.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,4 +38,14 @@ public static boolean isLinux() {
         return osName.indexOf("linux") >= 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if the current OS is a MAC OS.
+     * 
+     * @return true if running on Linux, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean isMac() {
+        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name", "unknown").toLowerCase();
+        return osName.indexOf("mac") >= 0;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/VersionUtility.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/VersionUtility.java
index 45a48e11..9e10460a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/VersionUtility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/VersionUtility.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public static int compareArtifactVersion(String currentVersion, String compareVe
         Version minVersion = new Version(majorVersion, minorVersion, patchLevel, null, null, null);
 
         // check for and strip off any classifier
+        currentVersion = currentVersion.trim(); // guard against trailing blank space
         if (currentVersion.contains("-")) {
             currentVersion = currentVersion.substring(0, currentVersion.indexOf("-"));
         }