diff --git a/narrbase-image/Dockerfile b/narrbase-image/Dockerfile
index 09c45e8b36..e9c8b6db3a 100644
--- a/narrbase-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/narrbase-image/Dockerfile
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ ADD https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/archive/${JUPYTER_VERSION}.tar.gz /kb/in
 
 RUN \
     curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash - && \
-    apt-get install -y nodejs
+    apt-get install -y nodejs && \
+    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install setuptools==33.1.1  # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/942
 
 # Install Jupyter Notebook
 RUN cd /kb/installers/jupyter_notebook && tar -xvf notebook-${JUPYTER_VERSION}.tar.gz && cd notebook-${JUPYTER_VERSION} && pip install --pre -e .
 
 # Install IPywidgets
-RUN pip install --upgrade six && pip install ipywidgets==${IPYWIDGETS_VERSION} && jupyter nbextension enable --py widgetsnbextension
+RUN pip install --upgrade six
+RUN pip install ipywidgets==${IPYWIDGETS_VERSION}
+RUN jupyter nbextension enable --py widgetsnbextension