diff --git a/nbtools.json b/nbtools.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39234ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nbtools.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "load_extensions": {
+    "nbtools/nbtools": true
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nbtools/__init__.py b/nbtools/__init__.py
index e894b5e..bc428f5 100644
--- a/nbtools/__init__.py
+++ b/nbtools/__init__.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 import IPython
 
 __author__ = 'Thorin Tabor'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2016-2017, Regents of the University of California & Broad Institute'
-__version__ = '0.1.6'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2016-2018, Regents of the University of California & Broad Institute'
+__version__ = '0.1.7'
 __status__ = 'Beta'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe14df2..cbc0a6c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,51 +1,30 @@
+import os
 from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools.command.install import install as _install
-from setuptools.command.develop import develop as _develop
 
 
-def _post_install():
-    import subprocess
-    from distutils import log
-    log.set_verbosity(log.DEBUG)
-
-    try:
-        # Enable the required nbextension for ipywidgets
-        subprocess.call(["jupyter", "nbextension", "enable", "--py", "widgetsnbextension"])
-
-        # Enable the GenePattern Notebook extension
-        subprocess.call(["jupyter", "nbextension", "install", "--py", "nbtools"])
-        subprocess.call(["jupyter", "nbextension", "enable", "--py", "nbtools"])
-        subprocess.call(["jupyter", "serverextension", "enable", "--py", "nbtools"])
-    except:
-        log.warn("Unable to automatically enable Notebook Tool Manager extension for Jupyter.\n" +
-                 "Please manually enable the extension by running the following commands:\n" +
-                 "jupyter nbextension enable --py widgetsnbextension\n" +
-                 "jupyter nbextension install --py nbtools\n" +
-                 "jupyter nbextension enable --py nbtools\n" +
-                 "jupyter serverextension enable --py nbtools\n")
-
-
-class NBInstall(_install):
-    def run(self):
-        _install.run(self)
-        self.execute(_post_install, [], msg="Running post install task")
-
-
-class NBDevelop(_develop):
-    def run(self):
-        _develop.run(self)
-        self.execute(_post_install, [], msg="Running post develop task")
+def get_data_files():
+    """
+    Get the data files for the package.
+    """
+    return [
+        ('share/jupyter/nbextensions/nbtools', [
+            'nbtools/static/nbtools.js',
+            'nbtools/static/toolbox.css',
+            'nbtools/static/toolbox.js',
+        ]),
+        ('etc/jupyter/nbconfig/notebook.d', ['nbtools.json']),
+    ]
 
 
 setup(name='nbtools',
       packages=['nbtools'],
-      version='0.1.6',
+      version='0.1.7',
       description='A lightweight manager for registering and browsing Jupyter tools',
       license='BSD',
       author='Thorin Tabor',
       author_email='thorin@broadinstitute.org',
       url='https://github.com/genepattern/nbtool-manager',
-      download_url='https://github.com/genepattern/nbtool-manager/archive/0.1.6.tar.gz',
+      download_url='https://github.com/genepattern/nbtool-manager/archive/0.1.7.tar.gz',
       keywords=['genepattern', 'genomics', 'bioinformatics', 'ipython', 'jupyter'],
       classifiers=[
           'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
@@ -61,7 +40,8 @@ def run(self):
           'notebook>=4.2.0',
           'ipywidgets>=5.0.0',
       ],
-      cmdclass={'install': NBInstall, 'develop': NBDevelop},
       package_data={'nbtools': ['static/nbtools.js', 'static/toolbox.js', 'static/toolbox.css',
                                 'jsobject/backend_context.js', 'jsobject/jsobject.py', 'jsobject/utils.py', 'jsobject/__init__.py']},
+      data_files=get_data_files(),
       )
+