diff --git a/base-notebook/start.sh b/base-notebook/start.sh
index c787fabf..55637fb7 100755
--- a/base-notebook/start.sh
+++ b/base-notebook/start.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ $(id -u) == 0 ] ; then
     # Handle username change. Since this is cheap, do this unconditionally
     echo "Set username to: $NB_USER"
     usermod -d /home/$NB_USER -l $NB_USER jovyan
-    
+
     # Handle case where provisioned storage does not have the correct permissions by default
     # Ex: default NFS/EFS (no auto-uid/gid)
     if [[ "$CHOWN_HOME" == "1" || "$CHOWN_HOME" == 'yes' ]]; then
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if [ $(id -u) == 0 ] ; then
     fi
 
     # Add $CONDA_DIR/bin to sudo secure_path
-    sed -ri "s#Defaults\s+secure_path=\"([^\"]+)\"#Defaults secure_path=\"\1:$CONDA_DIR/bin\"#" /etc/sudoers
+    sed -r "s#Defaults\s+secure_path=\"([^\"]+)\"#Defaults secure_path=\"\1:$CONDA_DIR/bin\"#" /etc/sudoers | grep secure_path > /etc/sudoers.d/path
 
     # Exec the command as NB_USER with the PATH and the rest of
     # the environment preserved