diff --git a/docker/jupyterlab/Dockerfile b/docker/jupyterlab/Dockerfile
index 14787260c2787703826ef2e9e52f2b253b937b10..b030ef8b26b460f2e2d5d7baed770c30d87dfbe9 100644
--- a/docker/jupyterlab/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/jupyterlab/Dockerfile
@@ -4,5 +4,13 @@ FROM gitlab-registry.mpcdf.mpg.de/nomad-lab/nomad-fair/dev_python:develop AS dev
 
 FROM jupyter/datascience-notebook:lab-3.6.2
 
+USER root
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install --yes --quiet --no-install-recommends \
+      libmagic-dev \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+USER 1000
+
 COPY --from=dev_python /app/dist/nomad-lab-*.tar.gz .
-RUN pip install nomad-lab-*.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN pip install nomad-lab-*.tar.gz
+