diff --git a/content/base/bionic/maybe_install_quarto.sh b/content/base/bionic/maybe_install_quarto.sh
index 103781af..1e444063 100755
--- a/content/base/bionic/maybe_install_quarto.sh
+++ b/content/base/bionic/maybe_install_quarto.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# only install quarto if python 3.10 and R 4.1
+# only install quarto if python 3.10 and R 4.1 OR python 3.9 and R 4.1
 # TODO: figure out a different hierarchy...
-if [[ `ls /opt/python/ | grep '3\.10\.'` ]] && [[ `ls /opt/R | grep '4\.1\.'` ]]; then
+if ([[ `ls /opt/python/ | grep '3\.10\.'` ]] && [[ `ls /opt/R | grep '4\.1\.'` ]]) || ([[ `ls /opt/python/ | grep '3\.9\.'` ]] && [[ `ls /opt/R | grep '4\.1\.'` ]]) ; then
   qver=${QUARTO_VERSION:-1.0.37}
   echo '--> Installing Quarto'
   curl -L -o /quarto.deb https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v${qver}/quarto-${qver}-linux-amd64.deb