diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1a295cc66..ee104a5be 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
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+        "@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client": "^2.170.22",
         "dom-to-svg": "^0.12.2",
         "echarts": "^5.5.1",
         "file-saver": "^2.0.5",
@@ -148,7 +149,6 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
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-      "peer": true,
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@@ -1983,6 +1982,7 @@
     "node_modules/@emotion/babel-plugin": {
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       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
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         "@babel/runtime": "^7.18.3",
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     "node_modules/@emotion/babel-plugin/node_modules/convert-source-map": {
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-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true
     },
     "node_modules/@emotion/cache": {
       "version": "11.14.0",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@emotion/memoize": "^0.9.0",
         "@emotion/sheet": "^1.4.0",
@@ -2056,7 +2058,8 @@
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     "node_modules/@emotion/sheet": {
       "version": "1.4.0",
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true
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     "node_modules/@emotion/unitless": {
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     "node_modules/@emotion/use-insertion-effect-with-fallbacks": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "peerDependencies": {
         "react": ">=16.8.0"
       }
@@ -2075,7 +2079,8 @@
     },
     "node_modules/@emotion/weak-memoize": {
       "version": "0.4.0",
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true
     },
     "node_modules/@eslint-community/eslint-utils": {
       "version": "4.9.0",
@@ -3563,7 +3568,6 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
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         "clsx": "^2.1.1",
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-      "peer": true,
       "peerDependencies": {
         "react": "^18.x || ^19.x"
       }
@@ -3815,7 +3818,6 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
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         "@babel/register": "7.21.0",
@@ -4681,7 +4683,6 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@octokit/auth-token": "^3.0.0",
         "@octokit/graphql": "^5.0.0",
@@ -5220,7 +5221,6 @@
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       "version": "2.5.1",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "immer": "^10.0.3",
         "redux": "^5.0.1",
@@ -5981,10 +5981,9 @@
       }
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     "node_modules/@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client": {
-      "version": "2.170.20",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client/-/proteinpaint-client-2.170.20.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lF3g4ofGcQ35mb0x3+d60fmrV7HqCLwrRKgX9l+InTmSECyVp44Vj71RV93YE3YoiArAU+B9iAcEntbwJAyyEA==",
-      "license": "SEE LICENSE IN ./LICENSE"
+      "version": "2.170.22",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client/-/proteinpaint-client-2.170.22.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VZZWGZnrrAw3tPQ/LSN7jDW+3CUkKIpQu7POdsPSE+pKjXky5SQoxl/Wz6aBecHaCKvE9HlVCNAxKBxANZUeqg=="
     },
     "node_modules/@so-ric/colorspace": {
       "version": "1.1.6",
@@ -6186,7 +6185,6 @@
       "version": "8.1.0",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/core": "^7.21.3",
         "@svgr/babel-preset": "8.1.0",
@@ -6336,7 +6334,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@swc/counter": "^0.1.3",
         "@swc/types": "^0.1.25"
@@ -6380,6 +6377,7 @@
       "os": [
         "darwin"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6397,6 +6395,7 @@
       "os": [
         "darwin"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6414,6 +6413,7 @@
       "os": [
         "linux"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6431,6 +6431,7 @@
       "os": [
         "linux"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6448,6 +6449,7 @@
       "os": [
         "linux"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6481,6 +6483,7 @@
       "os": [
         "linux"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6498,6 +6501,7 @@
       "os": [
         "win32"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6515,6 +6519,7 @@
       "os": [
         "win32"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6532,6 +6537,7 @@
       "os": [
         "win32"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6549,6 +6555,7 @@
       "os": [
         "linux"
       ],
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
       }
@@ -6841,13 +6848,13 @@
     "node_modules/@types/aria-query": {
       "version": "5.0.4",
       "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true
     },
     "node_modules/@types/babel__core": {
       "version": "7.20.5",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/parser": "^7.20.7",
         "@babel/types": "^7.20.7",
@@ -7536,7 +7543,6 @@
       "version": "6.21.0",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@typescript-eslint/scope-manager": "6.21.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/types": "6.21.0",
@@ -7792,7 +7798,6 @@
       "version": "8.15.0",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "acorn": "bin/acorn"
       },
@@ -7871,7 +7876,6 @@
       "version": "8.12.0",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
         "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
@@ -8395,6 +8399,7 @@
     "node_modules/babel-plugin-macros": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
         "cosmiconfig": "^7.0.0",
@@ -8753,7 +8758,6 @@
         }
       ],
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "baseline-browser-mapping": "^2.9.0",
         "caniuse-lite": "^1.0.30001759",
@@ -10536,7 +10540,6 @@
     "node_modules/d3-selection": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "license": "ISC",
-      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       }
@@ -10698,8 +10701,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/dayjs": {
       "version": "1.11.19",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true
+      "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/debug": {
       "version": "4.4.3",
@@ -11701,7 +11703,6 @@
       "version": "8.57.1",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@eslint-community/eslint-utils": "^4.2.0",
         "@eslint-community/regexpp": "^4.6.1",
@@ -12620,7 +12621,8 @@
     },
     "node_modules/find-root": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true
     },
     "node_modules/find-up": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
@@ -14394,7 +14396,6 @@
       "version": "8.2.4",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "ansi-escapes": "^4.2.1",
         "chalk": "^4.1.1",
@@ -15326,7 +15327,6 @@
       "version": "29.7.0",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@jest/core": "^29.7.0",
         "@jest/types": "^29.6.3",
@@ -16225,7 +16225,6 @@
       "version": "1.21.7",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "jiti": "bin/jiti.js"
       }
@@ -17623,6 +17622,7 @@
       "version": "1.5.0",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "lz-string": "bin/bin.js"
       }
@@ -19999,7 +19999,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@nrwl/cli": "15.9.7",
         "@nrwl/tao": "15.9.7",
@@ -21190,7 +21189,6 @@
         }
       ],
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "nanoid": "^3.3.11",
         "picocolors": "^1.1.1",
@@ -21370,7 +21368,6 @@
       "version": "2.8.8",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "prettier": "bin-prettier.js"
       },
@@ -21880,7 +21877,6 @@
     "node_modules/react": {
       "version": "18.3.1",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "loose-envify": "^1.1.0"
       },
@@ -21903,7 +21899,6 @@
     "node_modules/react-dom": {
       "version": "18.3.1",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "loose-envify": "^1.1.0",
         "scheduler": "^0.23.2"
@@ -21993,7 +21988,6 @@
     "node_modules/react-redux": {
       "version": "7.2.9",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.15.4",
         "@types/react-redux": "^7.1.20",
@@ -22497,8 +22491,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/redux": {
       "version": "5.0.1",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true
+      "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/redux-persist": {
       "version": "6.0.0",
@@ -22909,7 +22902,6 @@
       "version": "4.53.5",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/estree": "1.0.8"
       },
@@ -23781,6 +23773,7 @@
     "node_modules/source-map": {
       "version": "0.5.7",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
@@ -24337,7 +24330,8 @@
     },
     "node_modules/stylis": {
       "version": "4.2.0",
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true
     },
     "node_modules/sucrase": {
       "version": "3.35.1",
@@ -24596,7 +24590,6 @@
       "version": "3.4.19",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@alloc/quick-lru": "^5.2.0",
         "arg": "^5.0.2",
@@ -25335,8 +25328,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/tslib": {
       "version": "2.8.1",
-      "license": "0BSD",
-      "peer": true
+      "license": "0BSD"
     },
     "node_modules/tuf-js": {
       "version": "1.1.7",
@@ -25574,7 +25566,6 @@
       "version": "0.25.13",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "lunr": "^2.3.9",
         "marked": "^4.3.0",
@@ -27046,7 +27037,6 @@
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
-      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 14"
       }
@@ -27309,7 +27299,6 @@
       "version": "5.9.3",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "tsc": "bin/tsc",
         "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"
@@ -27344,7 +27333,7 @@
         "@mantine/notifications": "8.3.9",
         "@react-spring/web": "^9.5.5",
         "@reduxjs/toolkit": "~2.5.0",
-        "@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client": "2.170.20",
+        "@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client": "2.170.22",
         "@tanstack/react-table": "^8.9.3",
         "dayjs": "^1.11.13",
         "filesize": "^8.0.7",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 96852f1b3..8b6bcdcde 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/NCI-GDC/gdc-frontend-framework#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "@reactour/tour": "^2.9.0",
+    "@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client": "^2.170.22",
     "dom-to-svg": "^0.12.2",
     "echarts": "^5.5.1",
     "file-saver": "^2.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/portal-proto/package.json b/packages/portal-proto/package.json
index 5b8cded8d..0c70da6a3 100644
--- a/packages/portal-proto/package.json
+++ b/packages/portal-proto/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@mantine/notifications": "8.3.9",
     "@react-spring/web": "^9.5.5",
     "@reduxjs/toolkit": "~2.5.0",
-    "@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client": "2.170.20",
+    "@sjcrh/proteinpaint-client": "2.170.22",
     "@tanstack/react-table": "^8.9.3",
     "dayjs": "^1.11.13",
     "filesize": "^8.0.7",
diff --git a/packages/portal-proto/src/features/proteinpaint/dev.sh b/packages/portal-proto/src/features/proteinpaint/dev.sh
index 1a96bbe11..ee960371c 100755
--- a/packages/portal-proto/src/features/proteinpaint/dev.sh
+++ b/packages/portal-proto/src/features/proteinpaint/dev.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 # run from the gdc-frontend-framework project root folder
 # ./packages/portal-proto/src/features/proteinpaint/dev.sh
 # assumes that the proteinpaint folder is a sibling dir of gff
+
+source ~/.bash_profile
+
+nvm install 20.11.0
+nvm use 20.11.0
+
 if [[ "$1" == "unlink" ]]; then
 	# to test the published client package before submitting a PR with an updated pp-client version
 	npm unlink ../proteinpaint/client
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@ else
 	# other way around
 fi
 
-# sometimes the nextjs bundle cache are stale after npm link
+# sometimes the nextjs bundle cache is stale after npm link
 rm -rf packages/portal-proto/.next
 
 # run the following tab in a separate tab