diff --git a/Dockerfile_jupyterhub b/Dockerfile_jupyterhub
index 8b1d63a78236045ee4545b2404c68ac3aac8bf74..380072b4d3ee84ea3f06695729ce7700b25d5363 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_jupyterhub
+++ b/Dockerfile_jupyterhub
@@ -8,22 +8,30 @@ ARG env_name=rs-notebooks
 ADD *.ipynb /notebooks/
 ADD sample.geojson /notebooks/
 
+# creating user
+RUN useradd -m beyond &&\
+    chown -R beyond:beyond /notebooks
+
 # creating environment
 ADD environment_jupyterhub.yml ${dest_yml}
+
 RUN mamba env create --file ${dest_yml} --name ${env_name}
 
-# setting up shell to run in the correct environment
-SHELL ["conda", "run", "-n", "rs-notebooks", "/bin/bash", "-c"]
+# setting up shell to use conda run
+# this ensures that the CMD command is run in the correct environment
+SHELL ["conda", "run", "--no-capture-output","-n", "rs-notebooks", "/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
 # setting up jupyter lab to use bash as a terminal
 # this ensures that the right environment is activated in the terminal
 # should allow users to run pip installs from notebooks/jupyter lab terminal
 # without encountering issues with different environments
-#RUN /opt/conda/envs/rs-notebooks/bin/jupyter lab --generate-config && \
-#RUN jupyter lab --generate-config && \
-#    echo 'c.NotebookApp.terminado_settings = { "shell_command": ["/bin/bash"] }' >> /root/.jupyter/jupyter_lab_config.py
+RUN jupyter lab --generate-config && \
+    echo 'c.NotebookApp.terminado_settings = { "shell_command": ["/bin/bash"] }' >> /root/.jupyter/jupyter_lab_config.py
 
 # setting up default landing folder
 WORKDIR /notebooks
 
-CMD jupyterhub-singleuser
+# choosing new user as default
+USER beyond
+
+CMD jupyterhub-singleuser
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/environment_jupyterhub.yml b/environment_jupyterhub.yml
index ca8dbd8279db5e56058fe06f8656a58ef27ecf6d..5f6a85ba05a2b5dfafeedb2c442081cd540478b3 100644
--- a/environment_jupyterhub.yml
+++ b/environment_jupyterhub.yml
@@ -10,16 +10,12 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib
   - folium
   - rioxarray
-  - jupyterhub-singleuser=3.0.0
+  - jupyterhub==4.0.2
+  - jupyterlab
   - pip
   - pip:
       - planetary-computer
       - pystac-client
-      # with planetary-computer and pystac-client
-      # jsonschema==4.17.3 gets installed and breaks jupyter
-      # might be fixed in later version of jupyter, planetary-computer
-      # or pystac-client
-      - jsonschema==4.19.0
       - rich
       - stackstac
       - bottleneck