diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 595ec0ea5d628815cbfbe6f0e00a0695648276d8..273811c9f2646757d1fa0280050acab30641049b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ RUN conda env update -q -f /tmp/environment.yml && \
     conda env export -n "root" && \
     jupyter lab build 
 
-COPY jupyter_notebook_config.py ${HOME}/.jupyter/
+COPY dash_proxy.py setup.py /tmp/dash_proxy/
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install /tmp/dash_proxy/
 
 # copy dash app
 COPY app ${HOME}/app/
 RUN chown -R jovyan ${HOME}/app/
-
-COPY client.py ${HOME}/
-RUN chown -R jovyan ${HOME}/client.py
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c4caf34528c968637670e22188145e8ffa26cf0..ef4faa61b32056f2b8678950612ad916b456bf0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # A Jupyterlab for LLM
 
-AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT, OPENAI_API_VERSION need to be stored in a config.txt file in the home directory.
+In order to run Dash or use the client, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT, OPENAI_API_VERSION need to be stored in a config.txt file in the home directory.
diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index 4975d674ba0a1f11b0bc9f79d0ec5f40b9855e3b..449201124aa13717bd499ec6ea0a55b431c101e9 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import os
 import sys 
-sys.path.append("/home/jovyan")
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 import argparse
 import logging
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ else:
 # define Dash app
 app = Dash(
     name=__name__, 
-    requests_pathname_prefix="/dash/"
+    requests_pathname_prefix="/Dash/"
 )
 
 # define layout
diff --git a/client.py b/app/client.py
similarity index 100%
rename from client.py
rename to app/client.py
diff --git a/dash_proxy.py b/dash_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b7add298fdc2cd47baa0d17dd2cd052dc3f85b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dash_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import os
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger.setLevel('INFO')
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+def setup_dash_proxy():
+    command = [
+        'python',
+        'app/app.py',
+        '--port',
+        '{port}'
+    ]
+    
+    return {
+        "command": command,
+        "new_browser_tab": False,
+        "launcher_entry": {
+            "enabled": True,
+            'title': 'Dash'
+        }
+    }
diff --git a/jupyter_notebook_config.py b/jupyter_notebook_config.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 22208d38066f4dd7b1271c4df093530370bf3943..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration file for jupyter-notebook.
-c.ServerProxy.servers = {
-    'dash': {
-        'command': [
-            'python',
-            'app/app.py',
-            '--port',
-            '{port}'
-        ],
-        'absolute_url': False,
-        'new_browser_tab': False
-    }
-}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ccd874ca87acf8f35bea40e0eb6e883150528e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    author="Julian Rasch",
+    author_email="julian.rasch@fh-muenster.de",
+    description="A small module to run Dash inside a dockerized Jupyterlab.",
+    name="jupyter-dash-proxy",
+    py_modules=["dash_proxy"],
+    entry_points={
+        "jupyter_serverproxy_servers": [
+            # name = packagename:function_name
+            "Dash = dash_proxy:setup_dash_proxy",
+        ]
+    },
+    install_requires=["jupyter-server-proxy==4.0.0"],
+)