diff --git a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
index 01201ac355add40db50fb7729840774bd80f07ce..dd41068caba720b9bedc09dd8b078430da1e7e32 100644
--- a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
+++ b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           nsd-app-wrap
-Version:        2.02
+Version:        2.03
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper scripts to launch python applications installed via anaconda
 Vendor:         Peter F. Peterson
diff --git a/src/nsd-app-wrap.sh b/src/nsd-app-wrap.sh
index ee3ef12b424c1f68358ef162b35b3f72b91d120c..ae0f4fb6ac4f47aaa27b266199efe96638b5d375 100755
--- a/src/nsd-app-wrap.sh
+++ b/src/nsd-app-wrap.sh
@@ -102,12 +102,17 @@ pixi_launch() {
         PIXI_PREFIX="/usr/local/pixi"
         PIXI_ENV="${1}"
         shift
-
-	# This grabs everything past the first argument
-        PIXI_TASK="${@}"
+      	# This grabs everything past the first argument
+        PIXI_TASK="${*}"
 
         path_to_manifest="${PIXI_PREFIX%/}/${PIXI_ENV}"
 
+        # Verify path_to_manifest works
+      	if [ ! -f "${path_to_manifest}" ]; then
+	          echo "No pixi environment found at ${path_to_manifest}"
+	          exit 1
+	      fi
+
         #echo "P: $PIXI_PREFIX, E: $PIXI_ENV, T: $PIXI_TASK - ptm: $path_to_manifest."
 
         _remove_font_cache
diff --git a/src/nsd-conda-wrap.sh b/src/nsd-conda-wrap.sh
index 37ced1c76df774ebdd9283d3116b7f1adc689e65..ee47dad6d563b0fcab6e01388dc14d73d8f77708 100755
--- a/src/nsd-conda-wrap.sh
+++ b/src/nsd-conda-wrap.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if [ -n "$1" ]; then
         _usage
         exit 0
     fi
-    CONDA_ENVIRON="$1"
+    PIXI_ENVIRON="$1"
     shift # drop this argument
 else
     echo "Must specify a conda environment to activate"
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ fi
 . "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/nsd-app-wrap.sh" ||
     . /bin/nsd-app-wrap.sh
 
-# activate the environment - will be deactivated on exit
-activate_conda_environment "${CONDA_ENVIRON}"
-
-# start the application
-"$STARTUP" "$@"
+# launch pixi
+# put together arguments - conda_env, application, argv
+args=("${PIXI_ENVIRON}" "$STARTUP" "$@") 
+# launch the tool
+pixi_launch "${args[@]}"