diff --git a/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum-2023.5-GCCcore-11.3.0-2023.3.6.eb b/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum-2023.5-GCCcore-11.3.0-2023.3.6.eb
index 617a25379d850101a53994704226fa1af08dd647..e25a6d48efb573b9aaf9a84226f7a14bd183630b 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum-2023.5-GCCcore-11.3.0-2023.3.6.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum/JupyterKernel-PyQuantum-2023.5-GCCcore-11.3.0-2023.3.6.eb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ builddependencies = [
     #    ('DWave', '6.3.0', '', ('gcccoremkl', '11.3.0-2022.4.0')),
     #    ('PyQuil', '3.3.3'),
     #    ('Qiskit', '0.41.0', '', ('gpsmkl', '2022')),
-    #    ('Qiskit-juqcs', '0.5.0', '', ('gpsmkl', '2022')),
+    #    ('Qiskit-juqcs', '0.8.0', '', ('gpsmkl', '2022')),
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ postinstallcmds = [
         'module load DWave/6.3.0 \n'
         'module load PyQuil/3.3.3 \n'
         'module load Qiskit/0.41.0 \n'
-        # 'module load Qiskit-juqcs/0.5.0 \n' # not yet compatible with current Qiskit
+        'module load Qiskit-juqcs/0.8.0 \n'
         'module load pulser/0.12.0 \n'
         'module load myqlm/1.7.3 \n'
         'module load %s/.%s%s \n'
diff --git a/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterLab/JupyterLab-2023.3.6-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb b/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterLab/JupyterLab-2023.3.6-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
index 854bfd75741de08bb78fe682df47628bfd98c042..0687e456caa955fe19925ed4d1dc47b88d1ad8f4 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterLab/JupyterLab-2023.3.6-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/j/JupyterLab/JupyterLab-2023.3.6-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
@@ -797,7 +797,13 @@ postinstallcmds = [
         '    pass\n'
         'EOF'
     ),
-
+    # optimize JupyterLab for network file systems
+    (
+        '{ cat >> %(installdir)s/etc/jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py; } << \'EOF\'\n'
+        'c.NotebookNotary.db_file = \':memory:\'\n'
+        'c.FileManagerMixin.use_atomic_writing = False\n'
+        'EOF'
+    ),
     #  Send2Trash
     (
         '{ cat >> %(installdir)s/etc/jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py; } << \'EOF\'\n'