diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index be5469ba..9a22ee95 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ci:
 repos:
 
     - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-      rev: v4.6.0
+      rev: v5.0.0
       hooks:
           - id: check-json
           - id: end-of-file-fixer
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ repos:
             args: [--preserve-quotes]
 
     - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-      rev: v0.5.0
+      rev: v0.6.9
       hooks:
           - id: ruff-format
           - id: ruff
             args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix, --show-fixes]
 
     - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-      rev: "0.28.6"
+      rev: "0.29.3"
       hooks:
           - id: check-dependabot
           - id: check-github-workflows
diff --git a/bumpver.toml b/bumpver.toml
index e31c45a4..c22ef616 100644
--- a/bumpver.toml
+++ b/bumpver.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpver]
-current_version = "v2024.1022"
+current_version = "v2024.1023"
 version_pattern = "vYYYY.BUILD[-TAG]"
 commit_message = "Bump version {old_version} -> {new_version}."
 commit = true
diff --git a/stack/base/Dockerfile b/stack/base/Dockerfile
index 0cd4c2d4..5b820da1 100644
--- a/stack/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/stack/base/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ USER root
 # https://pymatgen.org/installation.html#installation-tips-for-optional-libraries
 # rsync: needed to support the new AiiDA backup command
 # povray: rendering engine used in aiidalab-widgets-base
-ENV EXTRA_APT_PACKAGES "curl povray rsync build-essential"
+# bc: needed to compute the resources for computer setup
+ENV EXTRA_APT_PACKAGES "curl povray rsync build-essential bc"
 
 # For ARM64 we need to install erlang as it is not available on conda-forge
 # (this is needed later as rabbitmq dependency in base-with-services image,
diff --git a/stack/base/before-notebook.d/40_prepare-aiida.sh b/stack/base/before-notebook.d/40_prepare-aiida.sh
index d3d97643..48f4043f 100755
--- a/stack/base/before-notebook.d/40_prepare-aiida.sh
+++ b/stack/base/before-notebook.d/40_prepare-aiida.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,3 @@ else
   verdi storage migrate --force
 
 fi
-
-# Daemon will start only if the database exists and is migrated to the latest version.
-verdi daemon start || echo "ERROR: AiiDA daemon is not running!"
diff --git a/stack/base/before-notebook.d/90_start_aiida_daemon.sh b/stack/base/before-notebook.d/90_start_aiida_daemon.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3485a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack/base/before-notebook.d/90_start_aiida_daemon.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script is executed whenever the docker container is (re)started.
+set -x
+
+export SHELL=/bin/bash
+
+# Daemon will start only if the database exists and is migrated to the latest version.
+verdi daemon start || echo "ERROR: AiiDA daemon is not running!"