diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
index c78ff3758053220dc1ecf6bf4635bf3a7016bd8d..9a97b8383928f0c2e905d6f418435e99a3ebf688 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p ~/.venv && \
     ipython kernel install --user --name=robofish
 
 COPY jupyter_notebook_config.py /root/.jupyter/
-COPY themes.jupyterlab-settings /root/.jupyter/lab/user-settings/@jupyterlab/apputils-extension/
-COPY commands.jupyterlab-settings /root/.jupyter/lab/user-settings/@jupyterlab/codemirror-extension/
+ENV JUPYTERLAB_SETTINGS_DIR=/data/home/.config/jupyter/lab/user-settings
+ENV JUPYTERLAB_WORKSPACES_DIR=/data/home/.config/jupyter/lab/workspaces
 
 RUN chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/*
 RUN mkdir /data
diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/jupyter_notebook_config.py b/jupyterhub/base/jupyter_notebook_config.py
index 8693fdd955a295ca395a95b887909afa5d8f1e7a..c80131fdff8bf87425a384c400e5e3313cc3c9c5 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/base/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/base/jupyter_notebook_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 c.NotebookApp.allow_root = True
-c.NotebookApp.terminado_settings = { 'shell_command': ['/bin/bash', '-l'] }
-c.MultiKernelManager.default_kernel_name = 'robofish'
-c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = '/data'
+c.NotebookApp.terminado_settings = {"shell_command": ["/bin/bash", "-l"]}
+c.MultiKernelManager.default_kernel_name = "robofish"
+c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = "/data"