diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-examples.yml
index 8179aab1..06dd3f8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-examples.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m pip install -U pip
           python3 -m pip install "matplotlib<3.9" seiscm colorcet
           echo "JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND=\"Null\"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND="Null"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PYTHON=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PYCALL_JL_RUNTIME_PYTHON=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-op.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-op.yml
index db4a82c3..47af8545 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-op.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-op.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "PYTHON=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PYCALL_JL_RUNTIME_PYTHON=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND=\"Null\"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND="Null"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Build JUDI
         uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_doc.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy_doc.yaml
index 49a57587..6a3ed92c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_doc.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_doc.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "PYTHON=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PYCALL_JL_RUNTIME_PYTHON=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE=$(which python3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND=\"Null\"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND="Null"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Build JUDI
         uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 02999808..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish docker image
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master         # Push events on master branch
-
-jobs:
-  deploy-judi-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        version: ['1.6', '1.7', '1.8', '1.9', '1.10']
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check event name
-        run: echo ${{ github.event_name }}
-
-      - name: Checkout JUDI
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1.0.2
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1.1.2
-
-      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-
-      - name: JUDI development image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2.4.0
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: ./docker/Dockerfile.JUDI
-          push: true
-          network: host
-          build-args: JVER=${{ matrix.version }}
-          tags: mloubout/judi:${{ matrix.version }}-dev
-  
-      - name: JUDI release image
-        if: github.event_name == 'release'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2.4.0
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: ./docker/Dockerfile.JUDI
-          push: true
-          network: host
-          build-args: JVER=${{ matrix.version }}
-          tags: |
-            mloubout/judi:${{ matrix.version }}-latest
-            mloubout/judi:${{ matrix.version }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-
-  test-judi-image:
-    needs: deploy-judi-image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        version: ['1.6', '1.7', '1.8', '1.9', '1.10']
-  
-    steps:
-        - name: Run simple test
-          run: |
-             docker pull 'mloubout/judi:${{ matrix.version }}-dev'
-             docker run --rm --name testrun 'mloubout/judi:${{ matrix.version }}-dev' julia -e 'using Pkg;ENV["GROUP"]="BASICS";Pkg.test("JUDI")'
-        # NOTE: Suitable for the time being but will need to modify when we switch runners
-        - name: Clean
-          run: |
-            docker system prune -a -f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 551fcde9..745d35b7 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "JUDI"
 uuid = "f3b833dc-6b2e-5b9c-b940-873ed6319979"
 authors = ["Philipp Witte, Mathias Louboutin"]
-version = "4.0.0"
+version = "4.0.1"
 
 [deps]
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index 7c1a2f72..b650ea1f 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ struct DevitoException <: Exception
     msg::String
 end
 
-pyexe = PythonCall.python_executable_path()
+if string(get(ENV, "JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND", "conda")) == "Null"
+    pyexe = PythonCall.python_executable_path()
+else
+    @info "Using $(get(ENV, "JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND", "conda")) as the CondaPkg backend"
+    pyexe = PythonCall.C.CondaPkg.withenv() do
+        condapy = PythonCall.C.CondaPkg.which("python")
+        return condapy
+    end
+end
 
 pk = try
     pyimport("pkg_resources")