diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7552b88c..b1b913f7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ base-image :
 .PHONY: base-notebook
 base-notebook : base-image
 	cd base-notebook ; \
-	conda-lock lock -p linux-64 -p linux-aarch64 -p osx-64 -p osx-arm64
+	conda-lock lock -p linux-64 -p linux-aarch64 -p osx-64 -p osx-arm64; \
 	conda-lock render -k explicit -p linux-64; \
 	../generate-packages-list.py conda-linux-64.lock > packages.txt; \
 	docker build -t pangeo/base-notebook:master . ; \
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pangeo-notebook : base-image
 	cd pangeo-notebook ; \
 	conda-lock lock -f environment.yml -f ../base-notebook/environment.yml -p linux-64 -p linux-aarch64 -p osx-64 -p osx-arm64; \
 	conda-lock render -k explicit -p linux-64; \
-	../generate-packages-list.py conda-linux-64.lock > packages-64.txt; \
+	../generate-packages-list.py conda-linux-64.lock > packages.txt; \
 	docker build -t pangeo/pangeo-notebook:master . ; \
 	docker run -w $(TESTDIR) -v $(PWD):$(TESTDIR) pangeo/pangeo-notebook:master ./run_tests.sh pangeo-notebook
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ml-notebook : base-image
 	cd ml-notebook ; \
 	conda-lock lock -f environment.yml -f ../pangeo-notebook/environment.yml -f ../base-notebook/environment.yml -p linux-64 -p linux-aarch64 -p osx-64 -p osx-arm64; \
 	conda-lock render -k explicit -p linux-64; \
-	../generate-packages-list.py conda-linux-64.lock > packages-64.txt; \
+	../generate-packages-list.py conda-linux-64.lock > packages.txt; \
 	docker build -t pangeo/ml-notebook:master . ; \
 	docker run -w $(TESTDIR) -v $(PWD):$(TESTDIR) pangeo/ml-notebook:master ./run_tests.sh ml-notebook
 
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ pytorch-notebook : base-image
 	cd pytorch-notebook ; \
 	conda-lock lock -f environment.yml -f ../pangeo-notebook/environment.yml -f ../base-notebook/environment.yml -p linux-64 -p linux-aarch64 -p osx-64 -p osx-arm64; \
 	conda-lock render -k explicit -p linux-64; \
-	../generate-packages-list.py conda-linux-64.lock > packages-64.txt; \
+	../generate-packages-list.py conda-linux-64.lock > packages.txt; \
 	docker build -t pangeo/pytorch-notebook:master . ; \
 	docker run -w $(TESTDIR) -v $(PWD):$(TESTDIR) pangeo/pytorch-notebook:master ./run_tests.sh pytorch-notebook
diff --git a/base-image/Dockerfile b/base-image/Dockerfile
index bbd17bb9..b9e24daf 100644
--- a/base-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/base-image/Dockerfile
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ ONBUILD USER ${NB_USER}
 # We want to keep our images as reproducible as possible. If a lock
 # file with exact versions of all required packages is present, we use
 # it to install packages. conda-lock (https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-lock)
-# is used to generate this conda-${ARCH_LABEL}.lock file from a given environment.yml
+# is used to generate this conda-lock.yml file from a given environment.yml
 # file - so we get the exact same versions each time the image is built. Since this is
-# different packages for different CPU architectures, we determine that dynamically so
+# different packages for different CPU architectures
 # the same dockerfile can be used to build different architecture images. This
 # also lets us see what packages have changed between two images by diffing
 # the contents of the lock file between those image versions.
@@ -159,13 +159,11 @@ ONBUILD USER ${NB_USER}
 ONBUILD RUN echo "Checking for 'conda-lock.yml' 'conda-linux-64.lock' or 'environment.yml'..." \
         ; [ -d binder ] && cd binder \
         ; [ -d .binder ] && cd .binder \
-        ; ARCH=$(uname -m) \
-        ; if [ "${ARCH}" = "x86_64" ] ; then ARCH_LABEL="linux-64"; else ARCH_LABEL="linux-${ARCH}"; fi \
-        ; if test -f "conda-${ARCH_LABEL}.lock" ; then \
-        mamba create --name ${CONDA_ENV} --file conda-${ARCH_LABEL}.lock \
-        ; elif test -f "environment.yml" ; then \
+        ; if test -f "conda-lock.yml" ; then echo "Using conda-lock.yml" & \
+        conda-lock install --name ${CONDA_ENV} \
+        ; elif test -f "environment.yml" ; then echo "Using environment.yml" & \
         mamba env create --name ${CONDA_ENV} -f environment.yml  \
-        ; else echo "No conda-lock.yml, conda-linux-64.lock, or environment.yml! *creating default env*" ; \
+        ; else echo "No conda-lock.yml or environment.yml! *creating default env*" ; \
         mamba create --name ${CONDA_ENV} pangeo-notebook \
         ; fi \
         && mamba clean -yaf \
diff --git a/pangeo-notebook/environment.yml b/pangeo-notebook/environment.yml
index fd464093..fe0daa62 100644
--- a/pangeo-notebook/environment.yml
+++ b/pangeo-notebook/environment.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
  - cdsapi
  - cfgrib
  - cf_xarray
- - ciso
+ #- ciso #until compat with osx-arm64
  - cmocean
  - dask-ml
  - datashader
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ dependencies:
  - xarray_leaflet
  - xarray-spatial
  - xbatcher
- - xcape
+ #- xcape #until compat with osx-arm64
  - xclim
  - xesmf
  - xgboost