diff --git a/geo-importer/image_tag b/geo-importer/image_tag
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+++ b/geo-importer/image_tag
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+geo-importer-base:1.0
diff --git a/geo-importer/post_install_dockerfile b/geo-importer/post_install_dockerfile
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+ARG MAMBA_DOCKERFILE_ACTIVATE=1
+RUN sed -i '/ProxyAny/d' /opt/conda/atlasprod/perl_modules/EBI/FGPT/Converter/GEO/GeoExperiment.pm
+
diff --git a/geo-importer/templated-conda-env.yaml b/geo-importer/templated-conda-env.yaml
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+name: base
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - bioconda
+  - ebi-gene-expression-group
+dependencies:
+  - perl-atlas-modules==0.3.1
+  - magetab-curation-scripts
+  - perl-capture-tiny
+  - perl-config-tiny
+  - perl-xml-parser
+  - pandas
+  - requests