diff --git a/jupyter/README.md b/jupyter/README.md
index 0ceb32f..584c5be 100644
--- a/jupyter/README.md
+++ b/jupyter/README.md
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ To build this image, run `build/build.fish.` Edit the script to customize the im
 
 
 ## TODO
- - Port config
- - User config
- - Volume permissions
  - Auto dark theme
  - Fix sage
  - Selenium (broken)
diff --git a/jupyter/build/base/Dockerfile b/jupyter/build/base/Dockerfile
index d45f767..a2d39f3 100644
--- a/jupyter/build/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyter/build/base/Dockerfile
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ RUN set -x && \
 		cut -d " " -f 1,2 \
 	>> "${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned" \
 	&& \
-	jupyter notebook --generate-config && \
 	mamba clean --all -f -y && \
 	npm cache clean --force && \
 	jupyter lab clean && \
@@ -177,13 +176,16 @@ COPY jupyter_server_config.py /etc/jupyter/
 COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} Rprofile.site /opt/conda/lib/R/etc/
 
 USER root
-#COPY overrides.json /opt/conda/share/jupyter/lab/settings/
 
 RUN mkdir "${HOME}/notebooks" && \
 	chown "${NB_UID}:${NB_GID}" "${HOME}/notebooks" &&\
 	chmod u+rwx "${HOME}/notebooks"
 VOLUME "${HOME}/notebooks"
 
+RUN mkdir -p "${HOME}/.jupyter" && \
+	chown "${NB_UID}:${NB_GID}" "${HOME}/.jupyter" &&\
+	chmod u+rwx "${HOME}/.jupyter"
+VOLUME "${HOME}/.jupyter"
 
 # Legacy for Jupyter Notebook Server, see: [#1205](https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/issues/1205)
 #RUN sed -re "s/c.ServerApp/c.NotebookApp/g" \
diff --git a/jupyter/build/base/jupyter_server_config.py b/jupyter/build/base/jupyter_server_config.py
index 4c23d14..07ebd09 100644
--- a/jupyter/build/base/jupyter_server_config.py
+++ b/jupyter/build/base/jupyter_server_config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ c = get_config()  # noqa: F821
 c.ServerApp.ip = "0.0.0.0"
 c.ServerApp.port = 8888
 c.ServerApp.open_browser = False
-c.ServerApp.root_dir = "/home/joyvan/notebooks"
+c.ServerApp.root_dir = "/home/jovyan/notebooks"
 
 # to output both image/svg+xml and application/pdf plot formats in the notebook file
 c.InlineBackend.figure_formats = {"png", "jpeg", "svg", "pdf"}
diff --git a/jupyter/build/base/overrides.json b/jupyter/build/base/overrides.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae6394..0000000
--- a/jupyter/build/base/overrides.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"@jupyterlab/apputils-extension:themes": {
-		"theme": "JupyterLab Dark"
-	}
-}
diff --git a/jupyter/build/base/start-notebook.sh b/jupyter/build/base/start-notebook.sh
index 6c3be0a..35c3f5e 100755
--- a/jupyter/build/base/start-notebook.sh
+++ b/jupyter/build/base/start-notebook.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# The Jupyter command to launch
-# JupyterLab by default
-DOCKER_STACKS_JUPYTER_CMD="${DOCKER_STACKS_JUPYTER_CMD:=lab}"
-
 if [[ -n "${JUPYTERHUB_API_TOKEN}" ]]; then
 	echo "WARNING: using start-singleuser.sh instead of start-notebook.sh to start a server associated with JupyterHub."
 	exec /usr/local/bin/start-singleuser.sh "$@"
@@ -18,4 +14,8 @@ if [[ "${RESTARTABLE}" == "yes" ]]; then
 	wrapper=""
 fi
 
-exec /usr/local/bin/start.sh ${wrapper} jupyter ${DOCKER_STACKS_JUPYTER_CMD} ${NOTEBOOK_ARGS} "$@"
+if [ ! -f /home/${NB_USER}/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py ]; then
+	jupyter notebook --generate-config
+fi
+
+exec /usr/local/bin/start.sh ${wrapper} jupyter lab ${NOTEBOOK_ARGS} "$@"
diff --git a/jupyter/docker-compose.yml b/jupyter/docker-compose.yml
index 26522b3..5905449 100644
--- a/jupyter/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/jupyter/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
     volumes:
-      - "./notebooks:/home/joyvan/notebooks"
+      - "./notebooks:/home/jovyan/notebooks"
+      - "./jupyter:/home/jovyan/.jupyter"
 
     # host:container
     ports: