Hi all, I am running a JupyterHub platform based loosely off of the Zero-to-Kubernetes setup. In my JupyterLab Singleuser server, I am having an issue where the directory of where the notebook runs is not the directory where it is located. All of my notebooks, regardless of where they are located, …

What’s the default working directory in your image, or in your configuration? Can you share your Dockerfile, or perhaps a minimal reproducible example if your Dockerfile is private?

Hey @manics , the below is generally what our Dockerfile looks like with some internal elements stripped from it. Most of it is setting up internal company certs followed by the out-of-the-box debian + python packages that we care about. Perhaps the fact that we set WORKDIR / is what you are referri…

Hey @manics , any thoughts on this one? Let me know if more detail is required of me. Appreciate any advice!

Jupyter Notebook runs in root dir, not where it is located

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mattcat26 August 19, 2025, 10:18pm 5

Left this issue on the backburner for some time and finally have returned to it. If @manics , you, or anyone else has any advice, please let me know! Still stuck on this one. Thanks all, much appreciated

Os.getcwd() is stuck in --preferred-dir

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Jupyter Notebook runs in root dir, not where it is located

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