diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
index f44d41802ffa92187d4e20f44c2c44575356d71c..81c788c0cb67fd8b77370843976c4a91ca05403d 100644
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ name: exphys6
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
+  - jupyterlab_widgets
+  - ipywidgets
   - numpy=1.26.4
   - scipy=1.13.0
   - sympy=1.12
diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
index acc07411bcc0ddd0e8fa95b8c1fd338c4e2418d0..7d65bdf495732aeab91bcecc36b25b18bf8c4ed6 100644
--- a/binder/postBuild
+++ b/binder/postBuild
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager
-jupyter labextension install jupyter-matplotlib
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+#jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager
+#jupyter labextension install jupyter-matplotlib
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