diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index f9b6f95..98264c9 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ FROM ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer/tidyverse:4.3
 
 ENV NB_USER=rstudio
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
-ENV PATH=${PATH}:${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin
-ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocker-org/rocker-versioned2/c1a472465532c8349cf0ad4f3f95c86e85787dc3/scripts/install_python.sh install_python.sh
+ENV PATH=${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin:${PATH}
+ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocker-org/rocker-versioned2/96cdc36e3c6dcd17e7eb4b830ebd7d8147aedf51/scripts/install_python.sh install_python.sh
 RUN bash install_python.sh && rm install_python.sh
 
 
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 5bda01f..e0b59ad 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	  "image": "ghcr.io/boettiger-lab/nasa-tops:latest",
-	  "runArgs": [ "--security-opt", "seccomp=unconfined" ]
+	  "runArgs": [ "--security-opt", "seccomp=unconfined" ],
 	  "name": "NASA TOPS Environment",
 	  // build image as a github-action and grab instead; faster.
 	  // "build": {