diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
index 8e4f0a96..c7f9a24e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ jobs:
         target: gh-pages
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # this secret is always available for github actions
+        QUARTO_PYTHON: ${{ env.CONDA }}/envs/quarto-import/bin/python
       
diff --git a/_import/environment.yml b/_import/environment.yml
index 65aa5ce4..e94c93ee 100644
--- a/_import/environment.yml
+++ b/_import/environment.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
 - python=3.8
 - nbformat=5.1
+- jupyter
+- ipykernel
 - requests=2.26
 - pytest=6.2
 - pytest-watch=4.1