diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 62a60d062..b559f4501 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
-          name: execution-reports
+          name: execution-reports-notebooks
           path: _build/jupyter/reports
       - name: Build PDF from LaTeX
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/lectures/_config.yml b/lectures/_config.yml
index 23a9a0c04..9fde9a122 100644
--- a/lectures/_config.yml
+++ b/lectures/_config.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ sphinx:
     # false-positive links
     linkcheck_ignore: ['https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat415/book/export/html/834']
     bibtex_reference_style: author_year
+    suppress_warnings: ["mystnb.unknown_mime_type"]
     nb_mime_priority_overrides: [
        # HTML
        ['html', 'application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json', 10],
diff --git a/lectures/back_prop.md b/lectures/back_prop.md
index 9780ef8c3..038d36983 100644
--- a/lectures/back_prop.md
+++ b/lectures/back_prop.md
@@ -16,25 +16,17 @@ kernelspec:
 ```{include} _admonition/gpu.md
 ```
 
-```{code-cell} ipython3
-:tags: [skip-execution]
-
-!pip install --upgrade jax
-```
-
-```{code-cell} ipython3
-import jax
-## to check that gpu is activated in environment
-print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
-```
-
 In addition to what's included in base Anaconda, we need to install the following packages
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
 :tags: [hide-output]
 
-!pip install kaleido
-!conda install -y -c plotly plotly plotly-orca retrying
+!pip install -U kaleido plotly
+!conda install -y -c plotly plotly-orca
+
+# kaleido needs chrome to build images
+import kaleido
+kaleido.get_chrome_sync()
 ```
 
 ```{note}
@@ -44,6 +36,19 @@ the Python packages. However this lecture will still execute as Google Colab
 has `plotly` installed.
 ```
 
+We also need to install JAX to run this lecture
+
+```{code-cell} ipython3
+:tags: [skip-execution]
+
+!pip install --upgrade jax
+```
+
+```{code-cell} ipython3
+import jax
+print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}") # to check that gpu is activated in environment
+```
+
 ## Overview
 
 Substantial parts of **machine learning** and **artificial intelligence** are about 
diff --git a/lectures/status.md b/lectures/status.md
index ca1d9dd2e..2ec414c48 100644
--- a/lectures/status.md
+++ b/lectures/status.md
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ and the following package versions
 !conda list
 ```
 
+This lecture series has access to the following GPU
+
+```{code-cell} ipython
+!nvidia-smi
+```
+
 You can check the backend used by JAX using:
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
 import jax
 # Check if JAX is using GPU
 print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
-```
-
-and this lecture series also has access to the following GPU
-
-```{code-cell} ipython
-!nvidia-smi
 ```
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