diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 27c1d86..5d7d771 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ RUN chown -R jovyan:users /home/jovyan/.jupyter
 ENV NOTEBOOK_HOME=/home/jovyan/work/notebooks
 
 RUN pip install wget
+RUN pip install ulmo
 
 ###################################################
 ## End - JupyterHub Development Image Additions ###
diff --git a/install/install-services.sh b/install/install-services.sh
index 1b5e2b5..9dd0553 100755
--- a/install/install-services.sh
+++ b/install/install-services.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ PWD=$( dirname $( readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} ) )
 # Install Environment File (Base Dir) #
 ####################################### 
 
-echo "--> installing jupyterhub common files"
-JH=/etc/jupyterhub
-mkdir -p $JH
+#echo "--> installing jupyterhub common files"
+#JH=/etc/jupyterhub
+#mkdir -p $JH
 
 # jupyterhub server dir
 echo "----> moving jupyterhub env and static files"
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ echo "----> preparing jupyterhub culling"
 JHC=/etc/jupyterhub/cull
 mkdir -p $JHC
 
+# log dir
+echo "----> preparing jupyterhub logging"
+JHL=/etc/jupyterhub/log
+mkdir -p $JHL
+
 ####################################### 
 # Install Jupyterhub Server           #
 ####################################### 
diff --git a/jpctl.sh b/jpctl.sh
index a6f5a2e..2f3c130 100755
--- a/jpctl.sh
+++ b/jpctl.sh
@@ -101,14 +101,23 @@ install_base_rhel() {
     # install jupyterhub dependencies
     echo -e "--> installing system requirements"
     sudo yum clean all
-    sudo yum update 
-    sudo yum install -y openssh-server wget screen docker python3-dateutil, tree
+    sudo yum install -y openssh-server wget screen docker tree gcc-c++ make
+
+    if ( ! which python3 ); then
+        sudo rpm -Uvh https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm || true
+        sudo yum install -y python35u python35u-libs python35u-devel python35u-pip
+        sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/python3.5 /usr/bin/python3
+        sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/pip3.5 /usr/bin/pip3
+    fi
+    sudo pip3 install python-dateutil
+
+    # install epel
+    sudo yum install -y epel-release
 
     # install node and configurable proxy
     echo -e "--> installing nodejs and configurable-http-proxy"
-    sudo yum -y install nodejs
+    sudo yum install -y nodejs
     sudo npm install -g configurable-http-proxy
-    sudo yum install -y gcc-c++ make
 }
 
 install() {
@@ -129,8 +138,8 @@ install() {
     fi
 
     # activate and enable docker
-    sudo systemctl start docker
     sudo systemctl enable docker
+    sudo systemctl start docker
     
     # install pip, ipgetter, and jupyterhub
     echo -e "--> installing pip3, ipgetter, jupyterHub"