diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7b06dfe..5e76afbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ target/
 
 # IPython
 profile_default/
-ipython_config.py
 
 # pyenv
 .python-version
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f9ebfe0b..ed72ac0e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ RUN mamba env update -n base -f /tmp/environment.yml && \
     pip uninstall -y torch torchvision && \
     # Install PyTorch packages without cache - conditionally based on variant
     if [ "$PYTORCH_VARIANT" = "cpu" ]; then \
-        echo "Installing CPU-only PyTorch" && \
-        pip install --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu; \
+    echo "Installing CPU-only PyTorch" && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu; \
     else \
-        echo "Installing CUDA-enabled PyTorch" && \
-        pip install --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall torch torchvision; \
+    echo "Installing CUDA-enabled PyTorch" && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall torch torchvision; \
     fi && \
     # Clean up all package caches to reduce image size
     mamba clean --all -f -y && \
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# System-wide Jupyter Server config
+COPY docker/jupyter_server_config.py /opt/conda/etc/jupyter/
+
+# Jupyter Lab settings
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/conda/share/jupyter/lab/settings
+COPY docker/overrides.json /opt/conda/share/jupyter/lab/settings/
+
+# System-wide IPython profile config
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/conda/etc/ipython
+COPY docker/ipython_config.py /opt/conda/etc/ipython/
+
 # Switch back to the default notebook user
 USER ${NB_UID}
 
@@ -72,9 +83,6 @@ COPY --from=builder ${CONDA_DIR} ${CONDA_DIR}
 # Copy home directory with configurations
 COPY --from=builder --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} /home/${NB_USER} /home/${NB_USER}
 
-# Prepare IPython configuration
-COPY --chown=${NB_UID}:${NB_GID} binder/ipython_config.py ${HOME}/.ipython/profile_default/
-
 # Set the working directory to user's home (repository will be cloned here by Renku)
 WORKDIR /home/${NB_USER}
 
diff --git a/binder/ipython_config.py b/binder/ipython_config.py
index a1e1b5f2..23616722 100644
--- a/binder/ipython_config.py
+++ b/binder/ipython_config.py
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 
 ## lines of code to run at IPython startup.
 #  Default: []
-# c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = []
+c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = [
+    "from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union"
+]
 
 ## A list of dotted module names of IPython extensions to load.
 #  Default: []
diff --git a/docker/ipython_config.py b/docker/ipython_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..387c234b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ipython_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Configuration file for ipython.
+c = get_config()  # noqa # type: ignore
+
+# Automatically load testsuite extension
+c.InteractiveShellApp.extensions = ["tutorial.tests.testsuite"]
+
+# Automatically import some modules
+c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = [
+    "from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union"
+]
diff --git a/docker/jupyter_server_config.py b/docker/jupyter_server_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6b30d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/jupyter_server_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Configuration file for jupyter server.
+
+c = get_config()  # noqa # type: ignore
+
+# Allow serving files/folders beginning with a dot
+c.ContentsManager.allow_hidden = True
diff --git a/docker/overrides.json b/docker/overrides.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..244ba287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/overrides.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "@jupyterlab/filebrowser-extension:browser": {
+    "showHiddenFiles": true
+  }
+}