diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
index 5d353d727c05c14e5ce37b8af7c33251ded73de4..ada1ee12a0bd26787ec8d7fc54bc4e6ea1b02637 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ RUN useradd metauser -d /home/metauser -u 65527 -g 65527 -m -s /bin/bash
 # Add metuaser user to sudoers
 RUN echo "metauser  ALL=(ALL)NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
 
-# update PATH
-RUN echo "PATH=${CASABIN}:\$PATH" >> /home/metauser/.bash_profile
-RUN mkdir /home/metauser/.casa
-COPY files/init.py /home/metauser/.casa
-COPY files/analysis_scripts_sing.tgz /home/metauser/
-RUN  cd /home/metauser && tar zxvf /home/metauser/analysis_scripts_sing.tgz  
+# update PATH and add CASA configurations
+COPY files/metahome.tar.gz /home/
+RUN  cd /home/metauser && tar zxvf /home/metahome.tar.gz  && rm -f /home/metahome.tar.gz
+RUN  chown -R metauser.metagroup /home/metauser
 # Prepare to make a clean enviroment to share with SINGULARITY
 RUN mv /home/metauser /metauser_home_vanilla
 RUN chmod 777  /metauser_home_vanilla
diff --git a/build-base.sh b/build-base.sh
index 42adef14246478d6c67e78be750b741e3beb022a..be695aec6b2cdf3186a3d5c0ff5cecd7523d56d8 100644
--- a/build-base.sh
+++ b/build-base.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ "x$TAG" == "x"]; then
-	TAG=latest
-if
+if [ "x$TAG" == "x" ]; then
+	TAG="latest"
+fi
 
 docker build -t morgan1971/almagal:$TAG -f Dockerfile.base .
+
diff --git a/files/init.py b/files/init.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ec5691d4adee1b949c10f1db6cd841fcdccc35fd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/files/init.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-sys.path.append("/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages")
-sys.path.append("/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages")
-sys.path.append("/home/metauser/analysis_scripts/")
-import analysisUtils as aU