diff --git a/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/Dockerfile b/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/Dockerfile
index 27624eb..02d1de5 100644
--- a/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 # Build from within repository root 
 #
 # Modify conda enviornment running jupyter notebooks
-FROM jupyter/minimal-notebook:latest
+FROM jupyter/minimal-notebook:python-3.11.5
 
 USER root
 
-COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/conda-requirements.in "/home/${NB_USER}/"
-RUN pip install pip-tools
-RUN pip-compile "/home/${NB_USER}/conda-requirements.in" > "/home/${NB_USER}/conda-requirements.txt"
-RUN pip install --quiet --no-cache-dir --requirement "/home/${NB_USER}/conda-requirements.txt" && \
-    fix-permissions "${CONDA_DIR}" && \
-    fix-permissions "/home/${NB_USER}"
-
 # FROM imkteksim/dtool-jupyter:latest
 # Install from requirements.txt file
 RUN apt-get --yes update && \
@@ -31,6 +24,13 @@ RUN apt-get --yes update && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
+COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/conda-requirements.in "/home/${NB_USER}/"
+RUN pip install pip-tools
+RUN pip-compile "/home/${NB_USER}/conda-requirements.in" > "/home/${NB_USER}/conda-requirements.txt"
+RUN pip install --quiet --no-cache-dir --requirement "/home/${NB_USER}/conda-requirements.txt" && \
+    fix-permissions "${CONDA_DIR}" && \
+    fix-permissions "/home/${NB_USER}"
+
 # Workaround for building packages and introducing an ipykernel outside of the jupyterlab conda environment
 RUN PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's|/opt/conda[^:]*:||g') && ( \
         pip install meson ninja && \
@@ -60,11 +60,20 @@ RUN apt-get --yes update && \
 WORKDIR /home/${NB_USER}/work
 USER ${NB_UID}
 
-# Remove annyoing conda environment from terminal sessions
+# Remove annoying conda environment from terminal sessions
 RUN echo "conda deactivate" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
 RUN echo 'export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e '"'"'s|/opt/conda[^:]*:||g'"'"')' >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
 
 # Set default kernel
 RUN echo "c.MultiKernelManager.default_kernel_name = 'surfacetopography'" >> "${HOME}/.jupyter/jupyter_server_config.py"
 
+# Copy jupyter-app-launcher configuration
+ENV JUPYTER_APP_LAUNCHER_PATH="/home/${NB_USER}/.jupyter/jupyter_app_launcher"
+COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/etc/jupyter_app_launcher "/home/${NB_USER}/.jupyter/jupyter_app_launcher"
+
+# Copy README.md
+COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/README.md "/home/${NB_USER}/README.md"
+RUN pandoc "/home/${NB_USER}/README.md" -o "/home/${NB_USER}/README.html"
+RUN md2nb "/home/${NB_USER}/README.md"
+
 CMD ["start-wrapper.sh", "start-notebook.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/conda-requirements.in b/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/conda-requirements.in
index b8384fb..f33b512 100644
--- a/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/conda-requirements.in
+++ b/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/conda-requirements.in
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 jupyterlab_autorun_cells
 jupytext
+jupyterlab-tour
+jupyter-app-launcher
+md2nb
diff --git a/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/etc/jupyter_app_launcher/config.yaml b/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/etc/jupyter_app_launcher/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c420c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography/etc/jupyter_app_launcher/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+- title: README
+  description: jupyterlab-SurfaceTopography container README
+  source: ../../README.ipynb
+  cwd: ../../
+  type: notebook
+  catalog: Help
+
+- title: SurfaceTopography docs
+  description: SurfaceTopography documentation
+  source: https://contactengineering.github.io/SurfaceTopography/
+  type: url
+  catalog: Help
+  args:
+      sandbox: [ 'allow-same-origin', 'allow-scripts', 'allow-downloads', 'allow-modals', 'allow-popups']