diff --git a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/porter.yaml b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/porter.yaml
index 1c53a3f52c..58d0168f75 100644
--- a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/porter.yaml
+++ b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/porter.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 schemaVersion: 1.0.0
 name: tre-service-guacamole-linuxvm
-version: 0.6.39
+version: 0.6.40
 description: "An Azure TRE User Resource Template for Guacamole (Linux)"
 dockerfile: Dockerfile.tmpl
 registry: azuretre
diff --git a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh
index e28d9e3b57..1819ec59a0 100644
--- a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh
+++ b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ echo "init_vm.sh: xrdp"
 sudo apt install -y xrdp xorgxrdp xfce4-session
 sudo adduser xrdp ssl-cert
 sudo -u "${VM_USER}" -i bash -c 'echo xfce4-session > ~/.xsession'
+sudo -u "${VM_USER}" -i bash -c 'echo xset s off > ~/.xsession'
+sudo -u "${VM_USER}" -i bash -c 'echo xset -dpms > ~/.xsession'
 
 sleep 10
 
@@ -146,11 +148,6 @@ sudo systemctl restart docker
 # R config
 sudo echo -e "local({\n    r <- getOption(\"repos\")\n    r[\"Nexus\"] <- \"""${NEXUS_PROXY_URL}\"/repository/r-proxy/\"\n    options(repos = r)\n})" | sudo tee /etc/R/Rprofile.site
 
-## Add ouh_researcher group for directory permissions
-echo "init_vm.sh: directory permissions"
-sudo chgrp -R ouh_researcher /opt/anaconda
-sudo chmod -R g+w /opt/anaconda
-
 # ## Cleanup
 echo "init_vm.sh: Cleanup"
 sudo apt -y autoremove