diff --git a/single-user-sobigdata-aaai24/Dockerfile b/single-user-sobigdata-aaai24/Dockerfile
index c8362875..b9d10a93 100644
--- a/single-user-sobigdata-aaai24/Dockerfile
+++ b/single-user-sobigdata-aaai24/Dockerfile
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
         flufl.lock \
         jsonc-parser
 
-RUN conda update --all
-RUN conda update -n base -c defaults conda -y
-RUN conda create -n GRTL python=3.9 -y
-RUN conda activate GRTL
-
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
         torch \
         torchvision \
@@ -52,6 +47,11 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
 
 RUN mamba install -y protobuf==4.23.3
 
+RUN conda update --all
+# RUN conda update -n base -c defaults conda -y
+RUN conda create -n GRTL python=3.9 -y
+RUN conda activate GRTL
+
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 # Jupyter lab extensions
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