diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9659566e1b2a4b27775548a7330dc7dc2935b370..86c6a9f48cb4f5f9a4de5053a6c41fb9f03f3263 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # ./rpmbuild creates tarballs as part of the process
 *.tar.gz
+# pixi environments
+.pixi/*
+!.pixi/config.toml
diff --git a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
index 970d13678909d6b86c37659780907ae90d1ab7b4..634294f3fa0fbf91fad8d799d4e89d411be915a9 100644
--- a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
+++ b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           nsd-app-wrap
-Version:        2.15
+Version:        2.16
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper scripts to launch python applications installed via anaconda
 Vendor:         Peter F. Peterson
diff --git a/src/mantidworkbenchnightly b/src/mantidworkbenchnightly
index 02cb3318bef4d1e6439de56c2255e695ef0bf0e3..b475e84be38a233a59cda276cdda50dc4ee9416f 100644
--- a/src/mantidworkbenchnightly
+++ b/src/mantidworkbenchnightly
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # call the main mantidworkbench with an environment
 PIXI_ENV="mantid_dev"
-"$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/mantidworkbench" --env "${PIXI_ENV}"
+"$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/mantidworkbench" --env "${PIXI_ENV}" "$@"
diff --git a/src/mantidworkbenchqa b/src/mantidworkbenchqa
index 9c0aceee8c36c48969cd289ba65c83c96110b18a..ba015aa0381880b966490195fcc568da6169782f 100644
--- a/src/mantidworkbenchqa
+++ b/src/mantidworkbenchqa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # call the main mantidworkbench with an environment
 PIXI_ENV="mantid_qa"
-"$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/mantidworkbench" --env "${PIXI_ENV}"
+"$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/mantidworkbench" --env "${PIXI_ENV}" "$@"