diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3063674..83546e7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -80,3 +80,5 @@ ADD minicalosim /root/minicalosim
 RUN cd  && cd minicalosim && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../ && make -j4 &&\  
     cp minicalo* ../bind/G4Calo.py /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/
 
+# add jupyter packages for UC2 on top so they don't need to be installed every time
+RUN python3 -m pip install jupyterlab jupyterhub==3.1.1 batchspawner
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