diff --git a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
index 1d90ab62a26ced5d0dad327d77e216ce625e2d98..388a0ecbfcf9d551b864cf19cbd8a6ae9bb77184 100644
--- a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
+++ b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class MySpawner(KubeSpawner):
                             'command': [
                                 'sh',
                                 '-c',
-                                'mkdir -p /home/jovyan/Desktop && cp /home/jovyan/shared/.software/desktopInit.desktop /home/jovyan/Desktop/ || true'
+                                'mkdir -p /home/jovyan/Desktop && cp /home/jovyan/shared/.software/desktopInit.desktop /home/jovyan/Desktop/ && source /home/jovyan/shared/.software/desktop.sh || true'
                             ]
                         }
                     }