diff --git a/images/conda_init.sh b/images/conda_init.sh
index 7976bf2..a4af87c 100755
--- a/images/conda_init.sh
+++ b/images/conda_init.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 conda init &> /dev/null
+bash
 
diff --git a/images/nasa-openscapes.Dockerfile b/images/nasa-openscapes.Dockerfile
index 4427546..82fcc31 100644
--- a/images/nasa-openscapes.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/nasa-openscapes.Dockerfile
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ RUN wget https://github.com/NASA-Openscapes/corn/raw/main/ci/environment.yml &&
 # some teaching preferences
 RUN git config --global pull.rebase false
 
-COPY conda_init.sh /etc/profile.d/conda_init.sh
-RUN bash -c "conda init" 
-
 # NOTES: 
 # conda (base) just means $CONDA_ENV/bin/
 # conda (openscapes) means $MY_ENV, identically, $CONDA_ENV/envs/openscapes/bin/
@@ -57,3 +54,8 @@ RUN ${MY_ENV}/bin/python -m pip install ipykernel && \
 
 ENV PATH=${MY_ENV}/bin:${PATH}
 
+COPY conda_init.sh /etc/profile.d/conda_init.sh
+RUN bash -c /etc/profile.d/conda_init.sh
+
+
+