diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 23db658..ef0c078 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "JolinPluto"
 uuid = "5b0b4ef8-f4e6-4363-b674-3f031f7b9530"
 authors = ["Stephan Sahm <stephan.sahm@jolin.io> and contributors"]
-version = "0.1.72"
+version = "0.1.73"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractPlutoDingetjes = "6e696c72-6542-2067-7265-42206c756150"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CondaPkg = "992eb4ea-22a4-4c89-a5bb-47a3300528ab"
 AWSExt = "AWS"
 PlotsExt = "Plots"
 PythonCallExt = "PythonCall"
-RCallExt = "RCall"
+RCallExt = ["RCall", "CondaPkg"]
 CondaPkgExt = "CondaPkg"
 
 [compat]
diff --git a/ext/CondaPkgExt.jl b/ext/CondaPkgExt.jl
index e522bd2..db8316a 100644
--- a/ext/CondaPkgExt.jl
+++ b/ext/CondaPkgExt.jl
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 module CondaPkgExt
 import CondaPkg
 function __init__()
-    # this is crucial so that the path is set correctly
-    # while PythonCall does this by itself, RCall needs this manual help, 
-    # which effects both plain Julia with RCall as well as PlutoR
-    CondaPkg.activate!(ENV)
 end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/RCallExt.jl b/ext/RCallExt.jl
index a9b6a0f..fea8baa 100644
--- a/ext/RCallExt.jl
+++ b/ext/RCallExt.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module RCallExt
+import CondaPkg  # only needed for initialization
 import RCall, JolinPluto
 
 function JolinPluto.ChannelWithRepeatedFill(get_next_value::RCall.RObject, args...; sleep_seconds=0.0, skip_value=JolinPluto.NoPut, kwargs...)
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ end
 
 
 function __init__()
+
+	# this is crucial so that the path is set correctly
+    # while PythonCall does this by itself, RCall needs this manual help, 
+    # which effects both plain Julia with RCall as well as PlutoR
+    CondaPkg.activate!(ENV)
+
 	_r_module_where_plutoscript_is_included[] = RCall.Const.GlobalEnv
 end