diff --git a/libmamba/data/micromamba.nu b/libmamba/data/micromamba.nu
index 5583dc53c2..f18742bd04 100644
--- a/libmamba/data/micromamba.nu
+++ b/libmamba/data/micromamba.nu
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ def-env "micromamba activate"  [name: string] {
   )
 
   if $env.MAMBA_SHLVL? == null {
-    $env.MAMBA_SHLVL = "0"
+    $env.MAMBA_SHLVL = 0
   }
 
+
   # fetch path of current environment and update if present
   let p = ($envs | transpose key value | find $name)
   if ($p | length) >= 1 {
     let path = ([($p.value.0 | ansi strip) "bin"] | path join)
     if not $path in $env.PATH {
        $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | prepend $path)
-       $env.MICROMAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ($p.key.0 | ansi strip)
+       $env.MAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ($p.key.0 | ansi strip)
+       $env.CONDA_PREFIX = ($p.value.0 | ansi strip| path join condabin)
     }
   }
 }
@@ -30,11 +32,19 @@ def-env "micromamba deactivate" [] {
     }
   )
   # fetch path of current environment and remove current environment
-  let p = ($envs | transpose key value | find $env.MICROMAMBA_CURRENT_ENV)
+  let p = ($envs | transpose key value | find $env.MAMBA_CURRENT_ENV)
   if ($p | length) >= 1 {
-    let path = ([$p.value.0 "bin"] | path join)
-    $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | filter {|it| $it != $path})
-    $env.MICROMAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ""
+      let path = ([$p.value.0 "bin"] | path join)
+      $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | filter {|it| $it != $path})
+      $env.MAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ""
+      $env.CONDA_PREFIX = ($env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX | path join condabin )
     }
 }
 
+# adding conda bin in current env
+if $env.CONDA_SHLVL? == null {
+  $env.CONDA_SHLVL = 0
+  let conda_prefix = ($env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX | path join condabin )
+  $env.PATH = ( $env.PATH | append $conda_prefix)
+  $env.CONDA_PREFIX = $conda_prefix
+}
diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp b/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp
index 14fb5b0770..217bc807e3 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@ namespace mamba
 
         content << "\n# >>> mamba initialize >>>\n";
         content << "# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'mamba init' !!\n";
-        content << "$env.MICROMAMBA_MAMBA_EXE = " << mamba_exe << "\n";
-        content << "$env.MICROMAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX = " << env_prefix << "\n";
-        content << "$env.MICROMAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = \"\"\n";
-        content << "$env.PATH = ($env.PATH | append ([$env.MICROMAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX bin] | path join) | uniq)\n";
+        content << "$env.MAMBA_EXE = " << mamba_exe << "\n";
+        content << "$env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX = " << env_prefix << "\n";
+        content << "$env.MAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = \"\"\n";
+        content << "$env.PATH = ($env.PATH | append ([$env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX bin] | path join) | uniq)\n";
         content << "source " << env_prefix.string() << "/etc/profile.d/micromamba.nu\n";
         content << "# <<< mamba initialize <<<\n";
         return content.str();
diff --git a/mamba/mamba/shell_templates/micromamba.nu b/mamba/mamba/shell_templates/micromamba.nu
index 5583dc53c2..f18742bd04 100644
--- a/mamba/mamba/shell_templates/micromamba.nu
+++ b/mamba/mamba/shell_templates/micromamba.nu
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ def-env "micromamba activate"  [name: string] {
   )
 
   if $env.MAMBA_SHLVL? == null {
-    $env.MAMBA_SHLVL = "0"
+    $env.MAMBA_SHLVL = 0
   }
 
+
   # fetch path of current environment and update if present
   let p = ($envs | transpose key value | find $name)
   if ($p | length) >= 1 {
     let path = ([($p.value.0 | ansi strip) "bin"] | path join)
     if not $path in $env.PATH {
        $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | prepend $path)
-       $env.MICROMAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ($p.key.0 | ansi strip)
+       $env.MAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ($p.key.0 | ansi strip)
+       $env.CONDA_PREFIX = ($p.value.0 | ansi strip| path join condabin)
     }
   }
 }
@@ -30,11 +32,19 @@ def-env "micromamba deactivate" [] {
     }
   )
   # fetch path of current environment and remove current environment
-  let p = ($envs | transpose key value | find $env.MICROMAMBA_CURRENT_ENV)
+  let p = ($envs | transpose key value | find $env.MAMBA_CURRENT_ENV)
   if ($p | length) >= 1 {
-    let path = ([$p.value.0 "bin"] | path join)
-    $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | filter {|it| $it != $path})
-    $env.MICROMAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ""
+      let path = ([$p.value.0 "bin"] | path join)
+      $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | filter {|it| $it != $path})
+      $env.MAMBA_CURRENT_ENV = ""
+      $env.CONDA_PREFIX = ($env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX | path join condabin )
     }
 }
 
+# adding conda bin in current env
+if $env.CONDA_SHLVL? == null {
+  $env.CONDA_SHLVL = 0
+  let conda_prefix = ($env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX | path join condabin )
+  $env.PATH = ( $env.PATH | append $conda_prefix)
+  $env.CONDA_PREFIX = $conda_prefix
+}
diff --git a/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py b/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py
index 0a57e2e3a7..b2ed15a082 100644
--- a/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py
+++ b/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def skip_if_shell_incompat(shell_type):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "shell_type",
-    ["bash", "posix", "powershell", "cmd.exe", "xonsh", "zsh", "fish", "tcsh"],
+    ["bash", "posix", "powershell", "cmd.exe", "xonsh", "zsh", "fish", "tcsh", "nu"],
 )
 def test_hook(tmp_home, tmp_root_prefix, shell_type):
     res = helpers.shell("hook", "-s", shell_type)