diff --git a/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh b/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
index 107437bd865779f5e6c70fdbd02f6d23a1770baf..7f3c2dfdaaf3d85c8b661c4ec8fc7d8790d6a138 100644
--- a/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
+++ b/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 EOF
 
 # load here all tools
-spack load --sh -r nest@3.0 py-ipykernel %gcc@10.3.0 >> $CONF_PATH/bin/env.sh
+spack load --sh -r python@3.8.11 py-ipykernel py-pip py-numpy@1.21.0 py-scipy py-pandas py-seaborn py-matplotlib arbor nest@3.0 neuron py-pynn %gcc@10.3.0 >> $CONF_PATH/bin/env.sh
 
 # end of env creation
 cat <<EOF >>$CONF_PATH/bin/env.sh