diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
index de9be913dee0769575510980dc66542db34fe54f..0b2e224ae12913bd30c26a4ac9e8d8a7a3705ce6 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash - && \
     npm config set cache /var/cache/npm --global && \
     npm config set update-notifier false --global
 
+COPY jupyter_notebook_config.py /usr/local/etc/jupyter
+ENV JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR=/usr/local/etc/jupyter/jupyter
+ENV JUPYTERLAB_SETTINGS_DIR=/root/.config/jupyter/lab/user-settings
+ENV JUPYTERLAB_WORKSPACES_DIR=/root/.config/jupyter/lab/workspaces
+
 RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m pip install \
         jupyterlab \
         jupyterhub \
@@ -74,11 +79,6 @@ RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/venv && \
         && \
     ipython kernel install --name=default
 
-COPY jupyter_notebook_config.py /etc/jupyter/
-ENV JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR=/etc/jupyter
-ENV JUPYTERLAB_SETTINGS_DIR=/root/.config/jupyter/lab/user-settings
-ENV JUPYTERLAB_WORKSPACES_DIR=/root/.config/jupyter/lab/workspaces
-
 RUN chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/*
 RUN mkdir /data