diff --git a/.binder/postBuild b/.binder/postBuild
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..acd468f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.binder/postBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+echo "[postBuild] Editable install of local package"
+pip install -e .
+
+echo "[postBuild] Warm up matplotlib font cache"
+python - <<'PY'
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  # triggers font cache build
+print("Matplotlib imported; font cache built.")
+PY
+
+echo "[postBuild] Warm up JupyterLab (pre-build static if needed)"
+jupyter lab build --minimize=False >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+echo "[postBuild] Done"
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diff --git a/.binder/requirements.txt b/.binder/requirements.txt
index 2f1c87e..20d3721 100644
--- a/.binder/requirements.txt
+++ b/.binder/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-rcpchgrowth[notebook]
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+pandas
+matplotlib
+jupyterlab
+ipykernel
+scipy
+python-dateutil
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7b5f4b..4bd6e26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 [![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/rcpchgrowth.svg?style=flat-square&labelColor=%2311a7f2&color=%230d0d58)](https://pypi.org/project/rcpchgrowth/)
 [![License: AGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-AGPL_v3-blue.svg?style=flat-square&labelColor=%2311a7f2&color=%230d0d58)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0)
+[![Binder](https://img.shields.io/badge/Binder-Binder?style=flat-square&labelColor=%2311a7f2&color=%230d0d58&logo=jupyter)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/rcpch/rcpchgrowth-python/live?urlpath=lab/tree/notebooks/Quickstart.ipynb)
 [![Codespaces](https://img.shields.io/badge/Codespaces-Open_in_Cloud?style=flat-square&labelColor=%2311a7f2&color=%230d0d58&logo=github&logoColor=white)](https://codespaces.new/rcpch/rcpchgrowth-python?quickstart=1)
 
 Please go to <https://growth.rcpch.ac.uk/products/python-library/> for full documentation.