diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
index 8ba6b6669014c71efbdafe9aa4cbd38c077f9475..2df28e8726bb78e60584279bb376bd579a16a0d0 100644
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ dependencies:
       - ipy_table  # HTML tables for jupyter notebooks
       - pyevtk # VTK output for serial simulations
       - blitzdb # file-based No-SQL database to store simulation results
+      - pystencils
       #- pycuda # add this if you have CUDA installed
diff --git a/binder/start b/binder/start
index 658270a3839a57c3d7ec9b320a13203ac43a49b8..1dec3c4d8f073942761a33a71cc6418bcb41ec6b 100755
--- a/binder/start
+++ b/binder/start
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 python3 setup.py develop
 
+export MPMATH_NOGMPY=1
 exec "$@"
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