diff --git a/runOpticsTools.sh b/runOpticsTools.sh
index 9911050..c74e255 100755
--- a/runOpticsTools.sh
+++ b/runOpticsTools.sh
@@ -3,27 +3,27 @@
 BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)
 echo "Script location: ${BASEDIR}"
 
-while :
-do
-  echo $1
-  case "$1" in
-    "-offline") offline=$2;;
-    "-phase") phase=$2;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-echo "-offline"
-echo $offline
-echo "-phase"
-echo $phase
+if [ -n "$CONDA_PREFIX" ]; then
+    # Properly deactivate current environment
+    source $CONDA_PREFIX/etc/conda/deactivate.d/*.sh 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
 
-# runs in the sfbd conda environment SLIC
-source  /sf/bd/packages/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-conda activate slic
-export PYTHONPATH=/sf/bd/packages/slic:/sf/bd/packages/sfbd:/sf/bd/packages/bstrd:/sf/bd/packages/pyrealta:/sf/bd/packages/onlinemodel:$PYTHONPATH
-cd $BASEDIR
-#python OpticsTools.py ${:1}
-# needs command line arguments
-#-debug 1 -offline 0
+# Reset conda-related environment variables
+unset CONDA_PREFIX
+unset CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV
+unset CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER
+unset CONDA_SHLVL
 
+# Use the conda executable directly with full path
+CONDA_BASE="/sf/bd/packages/miniforge/slic"
 
+# Source conda.sh which properly sets up conda for bash scripts
+source $CONDA_BASE/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
+
+#active conda environmate
+conda activate miniforge_sven
+
+# set path and start python script
+export PYTHONPATH=/sf/bd/packages/sfbd:/sf/bd/packages/onlinemodel:$PYTHONPATH
+#cd /sf/bd/applications/SynopticViewer/current
+python OpticsTools.py -offline 0 -phase 0