diff --git a/deployments/dev/images/secondary/environment.yml b/deployments/dev/images/secondary/environment.yml
index c4ab722d6..08bb53833 100644
--- a/deployments/dev/images/secondary/environment.yml
+++ b/deployments/dev/images/secondary/environment.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies:
 #- otter-grader==5.5.0
 #- python-duckdb==1.0.0
 #- jupyterhub==5.0.0
-
+- quarto==1.4.550
 - pip
 - pip:
   # - -r infra-requirements.txt
diff --git a/deployments/dev/images/secondary/install.R b/deployments/dev/images/secondary/install.R
index 237e2e321..d4e8763e4 100755
--- a/deployments/dev/images/secondary/install.R
+++ b/deployments/dev/images/secondary/install.R
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env r
+#!/usr/bin/env R
 
+# Function to install R packages with specific versions
 class_libs_install_version <- function(class_name, class_libs) {
   print(paste("Installing packages for", class_name))
   for (i in seq(1, length(class_libs), 2)) {