diff --git a/postBuild b/postBuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60147cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+IPFS_VERSION=0.10.0
+
+wget https://dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/v${IPFS_VERSION}/go-ipfs_v${IPFS_VERSION}_linux-amd64.tar.gz
+tar -xvzf go-ipfs_v${IPFS_VERSION}_linux-amd64.tar.gz
+rm go-ipfs_v${IPFS_VERSION}_linux-amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/start b/start
index 0b6cc357..546bae6f 100644
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export IPFSSPEC_GATEWAYS="https://tempgw01.web3.storage https://ipfs.io https://dweb.link https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/"
+# make ipfs command available
+export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go-ipfs
+# set up local node
+ipfs init
 
+# configure peering with known peers
+ipfs config --json Peering "`curl -L https://github.com/eurec4a/ipfs_tools/raw/main/peers.json`"
+
+# start the daemon
+ipfs daemon 2>ipfs.log | grep -i -o -m1 'Daemon is ready' & tail -f --pid=$! ipfs.log
+
+# continue starting the jupyter server
 exec "$@"