diff --git a/jupyterlab/run.sh b/jupyterlab/run.sh
index 2dd34ace..f5222520 100755
--- a/jupyterlab/run.sh
+++ b/jupyterlab/run.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 INSTALLER=""
 check_available_installer() {
-  # check if pipx is installed
-  echo "Checking for a supported installer"
-  if command -v pipx > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "pipx is installed"
-    INSTALLER="pipx"
-    return
-  fi
   # check if uv is installed
   if command -v uv > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "uv is installed"
@@ -32,23 +25,32 @@ if ! command -v jupyter-lab > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   printf "$${BOLD}Installing jupyterlab!\n"
   case $INSTALLER in
     uv)
-      uv pip install -q jupyterlab \
+      uv venv --seed
+      uv pip install ipykernel jupyterlab
+      uv run ipython kernel install --user --env VIRTUAL_ENV $(pwd)/.venv --name=aicentre \
         && printf "%s\n" "🥳 jupyterlab has been installed"
       JUPYTERPATH="$HOME/.venv/bin/"
       ;;
-    pipx)
-      pipx install jupyterlab \
-        && printf "%s\n" "🥳 jupyterlab has been installed"
-      JUPYTERPATH="$HOME/.local/bin"
-      ;;
   esac
 else
   printf "%s\n\n" "🥳 jupyterlab is already installed"
 fi
 
+
+printf "⚠️ setting proxy vars..."
+cat $HOME/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/aicentre/kernel.json | jq -r \
+  --arg http_proxy "$http_proxy" \
+  --arg https_proxy "$https_proxy" \
+  '.env += {"http_proxy": $http_proxy, "https_proxy": $https_proxy}' \
+  > tmp.json
+
+printf "➡️ updating kernelspec..."
+mv tmp.json $HOME/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/aicentre/kernel.json
+
 printf "👷 Starting jupyterlab in background..."
 printf "check logs at ${LOG_PATH}"
-$JUPYTERPATH/jupyter-lab --no-browser \
+
+http_proxy= https_proxy= $JUPYTERPATH/jupyter-lab --no-browser \
   "$BASE_URL_FLAG" \
   --ServerApp.ip='*' \
   --ServerApp.port="${PORT}" \