diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 3f40f68b17..5b1e3a0ec7 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE=stochss-lab
 
 DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE=jupyter/minimal-notebook:latest
+
+JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR=/opt/stochss-config/.jupyter
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 91c63d5450..147aa4d72d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM jupyter/minimal-notebook:latest
 
 ARG STOCHSS_PIP_EDITABLE
+ARG JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR
 
 USER root
 
@@ -20,11 +21,11 @@ COPY --chown=jovyan:users public_models/ /home/jovyan/Examples
 
 COPY --chown=jovyan:users . /stochss
 
-COPY --chown=jovyan:users stochss-logo.png /home/jovyan/.jupyter/custom/logo.png
+COPY --chown=jovyan:users stochss-logo.png $JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR/custom/logo.png
 
-COPY --chown=jovyan:users custom.css /home/jovyan/.jupyter/custom/custom.css
+COPY --chown=jovyan:users custom.css $JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR/custom/custom.css
 
-COPY --chown=jovyan:users jupyter_notebook_config.py /home/jovyan/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+COPY --chown=jovyan:users jupyter_notebook_config.py $JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR/jupyter_notebook_config.py
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e .
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35a04ec43a..927b9f8190 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -100,11 +100,14 @@ clean_notebook_server:
 hub: build_hub build run_hub_dev
 
 build_clean: deps webpack
-	docker build --no-cache -t $(DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE):latest .
+	docker build \
+		--build-arg JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR=$(JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR) \
+	 	--no-cache -t $(DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE):latest .
 
 build:  deps webpack
 	docker build \
-	  -t $(DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE):latest .
+		--build-arg JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR=$(JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR) \
+	  	-t $(DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE):latest .
 
 test:   build
 	docker run --rm \
diff --git a/jupyterhub/.env b/jupyterhub/.env
index 3a6bf796fe..fc16435bd1 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/.env
+++ b/jupyterhub/.env
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE=stochss-lab
 
 POWER_USERS_FILE=.power_users
 
+JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR=/opt/stochss-config/.jupyter
+
 #AUTH_CLASS=jupyterhub.auth.DummyAuthenticator
 
 JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=1.1.0
diff --git a/jupyterhub/jupyterhub_config.py b/jupyterhub/jupyterhub_config.py
index 6939f03cf9..6b4103d270 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/jupyterhub_config.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/jupyterhub_config.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 # Dockerspawner configuration
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-c.DockerSpawner.container_image = os.environ['DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE']
+c.DockerSpawner.image = os.environ['DOCKER_STOCHSS_IMAGE']
 # JupyterHub requires a single-user instance of the Notebook server, so we
 # default to using the `start-singleuser.sh` script included in the
 # jupyter/docker-stacks *-notebook images as the Docker run command when
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@
 # Mount the real user's Docker volume on the host to the notebook user's
 # notebook directory in the container
 c.DockerSpawner.volumes = { 'jupyterhub-user-{username}': notebook_dir }
-
+# Set extra environment variables
+c.DockerSpawner.environment = {
+	'JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR': os.environ['JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR']
+}
 # Remove containers once they are stopped
 c.DockerSpawner.remove_containers = True
 # For debugging arguments passed to spawned containers