diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 58ea72e..ca5d58c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /pyrocket_scripts && \
 RUN /pyrocket_scripts/install-conda-packages.sh ${REPO_DIR}/environment.yml
 
 # Install R, RStudio via Rocker scripts. Requires the prefix for a rocker Dockerfile
-# RUN /pyrocket_scripts/install-rocker.sh "verse_${R_VERSION}"
+RUN /pyrocket_scripts/install-rocker.sh "verse_${R_VERSION}"
 
 # Install extra apt packages
 # Install linux packages after R installation since the R install scripts get rid of packages
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6dbd15b..a0c6467 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Build and push container image](https://github.com/nmfs-opensci/py-rocket-base/actions/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nmfs-opensci/py-rocket-base/actions/workflows/build.yaml)[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.13942617.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13942617)[![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/nmfs-opensci/py-rocket-base)](https://github.com/nmfs-opensci/py-rocket-base/releases)
 
-The py-rocket-base image is a base image for the JupyterHubs with Python and RStudio. The py-rocket-base image is designed to install the Jupyter and JupyterHub environment with [repo2docker](https://repo2docker.readthedocs.io) and the R environment with [Rocker](https://rocker-project.org/) installation scripts. You can scroll through the Rocker [installation scripts](https://github.com/rocker-org/rocker-versioned2/blob/master/scripts/install_rstudio.sh) to see how the environment is set up.
+The py-rocket-base image is a base image for the JupyterHubs with Python and RStudio. The py-rocket-base image uses the [Pangeo base-image](https://github.com/pangeo-data/pangeo-docker-images/tree/master/base-image) (minus the `ONBUILD` commands) as the base image (stored in `py-rocket-base/base-image`) and the [pangeo-notebook metapackage](https://github.com/conda-forge/pangeo-notebook-feedstock/blob/main/recipe/meta.yaml) to setup the core JupyterHub environment (following [Pangeo base-notebook](https://github.com/pangeo-data/pangeo-docker-images/blob/master/base-notebook/environment.yml). [Additional Python packages](https://github.com/nmfs-opensci/py-rocket-base/blob/main/environment.yml) are installed to provide a fuller JupyterLab, RStudio, Desktop, and VSCode environment.  The R environment is installed with [Rocker](https://rocker-project.org/) installation scripts. You can scroll through the Rocker [installation scripts](https://github.com/rocker-org/rocker-versioned2/blob/master/scripts/install_rstudio.sh) to see how that environment is set up.
 
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diff --git a/scripts/install-desktop.sh b/scripts/install-desktop.sh
index 0fa1882..90f6625 100644
--- a/scripts/install-desktop.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-desktop.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Required User: root
+# Usage: RUN /pyrocket_scripts/setup-desktop.sh <directory path>"
 
 echo "Running setup-desktop.sh"
 
@@ -43,13 +44,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Check if desktop.sh exists before executing
-if [ -f "${REPO_DIR}/desktop.sh" ]; then
-    echo "  Running ${REPO_DIR}/desktop.sh to move Desktop files to appropriate directories and register as applications."
-    chmod +x "${REPO_DIR}/desktop.sh"
-    "${REPO_DIR}/desktop.sh"
+if [ -f "${REPO_DIR}/scripts/setup-desktop.sh" ]; then
+    echo "  Running ${REPO_DIR}/scripts/setup-desktop.sh to move Desktop files to appropriate directories and register as applications."
+    chmod +x "${REPO_DIR}/scripts/setup-desktop.sh"
+    "${REPO_DIR}/scripts/setup-desktop.sh"
 else
-    echo "  Warning: desktop.sh not found. Skipping execution."
+    echo "  Warning: ${REPO_DIR}/scripts/setup-desktop.sh not found. Skipping execution."
 fi
 
-echo "  Success! setup-desktop.sh"
+echo "  Success! install-desktop.sh"
 
diff --git a/desktop.sh b/scripts/setup-desktop.sh
similarity index 88%
rename from desktop.sh
rename to scripts/setup-desktop.sh
index 5c40242..ea854c9 100644
--- a/desktop.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-desktop.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The default for XDG and xfce4 is for Desktop files to be in ~/Desktop but this leads to a variety of problems
 # First we are altering the user directiory which seems rude, second orphan desktop files might be in ~/Desktop so who knows
 # what the user Desktop experience with be, here the Desktop dir is set to /usr/share/Desktop so is part of the image.
-# users that really want to customize Desktop can change ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. Though py-rocket-base might not respect that.
+# users that want to customize Desktop can change /etc/xdg/user-dirs.dirs though py-rocket resets that each time the server is restarted.
 set -e
 
 # Copy in the Desktop files
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ mkdir -p "${DESKTOP_DIR}"
 chown :staff /usr/share/Desktop
 chmod 775 /usr/share/Desktop
 # set the Desktop dir default for XDG
-echo "XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=\"${DESKTOP_DIR}\"" > /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults
+# this is likely not used. It would be used in xdg-user-dirs-update, but that is not run. Doesn't seem to set up /etc/xdg/user-dirs.dirs correctly
+echo "DESKTOP=\"${DESKTOP_DIR}\"" > /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults
 
 # The for loops will fail if they return null (no files). Set shell option nullglob
 shopt -s nullglob