diff --git a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/data/google_colab.sh b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/data/google_colab.sh
index e88578f..1b1dae8 100644
--- a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/data/google_colab.sh
+++ b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/data/google_colab.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ fi
 # Install virtual framebuffer for interactive 3D visualization
 apt install -y xvfb > /dev/null
 pip3 install -q pyvista xvfbwrapper jupyter_bokeh
-# note: jupyter_bokeh for panel interactive visualization backend blocks tqdm progressbar
+# jupyter_bokeh for panel interactive visualization backend blocks tqdm progressbar
+# to prevent the issue wrap a Panel component in an IPywidget
+# https://panel.holoviz.org/how_to/notebook/notebook.html
+#import panel
+#panel.extension(comms='ipywidgets')
+#panel.extension('vtk')