diff --git a/ansible/playbook.yml b/ansible/playbook.yml
index bfb60343..e26ce540 100644
--- a/ansible/playbook.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbook.yml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
       become_user: root
     - name: Create ShapeWorks Conda Env
       ansible.builtin.shell: |
-        export PATH=/opt/conda/bin:$PATH
-        cd /opt/shapeworks && conda run /bin/bash -c "source install_shapeworks.sh"
+        cd /opt/shapeworks && /opt/conda/bin/conda run /bin/bash -c "source install_shapeworks.sh"
+        echo "/opt/conda/bin/conda activate shapeworks" >> ~/.bashrc
       args:
         executable: /bin/bash
       become: true
diff --git a/dev/prod.celery.start.sh b/dev/prod.celery.start.sh
index 61382db7..3fac37f2 100644
--- a/dev/prod.celery.start.sh
+++ b/dev/prod.celery.start.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ cd ~/celery_project
 
 for keyval in $(cat .env | sed -e 's/: /=/g' -e "s/'\|,\|{\|}//g" -e 's/", "/ /g' -e 's/"}//g' ); do export $keyval; done
 
-conda activate shapeworks
 celery -A shapeworks_cloud.celery worker -n "w1@${HOSTNAME}" -Q gpu --logfile=celery-logs