diff --git a/clearml_agent/commands/worker.py b/clearml_agent/commands/worker.py
index 89310ca..da1c1ee 100644
--- a/clearml_agent/commands/worker.py
+++ b/clearml_agent/commands/worker.py
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ class Worker(ServiceCommandSection):
         ExternalRequirements,
         partial(PackageCollectorRequirement, collect_package=['trains']),
         partial(PackageCollectorRequirement, collect_package=['clearml']),
+        partial(PackageCollectorRequirement, collect_package=['nbconvert']),
+        partial(PackageCollectorRequirement, collect_package=['ipython']),
     )
 
     # default poll queues every _polling_interval seconds
@@ -2847,7 +2849,8 @@ class Worker(ServiceCommandSection):
                           (current_task.script.binary or "").split("/")[-1] in ('bash', 'zsh', 'sh'))
 
         if not is_bash_binary and not is_python_binary:
-            print("WARNING binary '{}' not supported, defaulting to python".format(current_task.script.binary))
+            if (current_task.script.binary or "").strip():
+                print("WARNING binary '{}' not supported, defaulting to python".format(current_task.script.binary))
             is_python_binary = True
 
         extra = []
@@ -2876,6 +2879,25 @@ class Worker(ServiceCommandSection):
                     os.environ = _org_env
                 else:
                     extra.extend(shlex.split(execution.entry_point))
+            elif (is_python_binary and execution.entry_point and
+                  execution.entry_point.strip().lower().endswith('.ipynb')):
+
+                # now we have to convert the notebook to python
+                convert_extra = copy(extra)
+                convert_extra.extend(["-m", "nbconvert", "--to", "python", execution.entry_point])
+                convert_command = self.package_api.get_python_command(convert_extra)
+
+                exit_code = convert_command.check_call(cwd=script_dir)
+                if exit_code:
+                    raise ValueError("Failed [{}] converting jupyter notebook: {}".format(
+                        exit_code, execution.entry_point))
+
+                converted_script_filename = Path(execution.entry_point).with_suffix(".py").as_posix()
+
+                if ENV_AGENT_FORCE_TASK_INIT.get():
+                    patch_add_task_init_call(converted_script_filename)
+
+                extra.append(converted_script_filename)
             else:
                 extra.append(execution.entry_point)
         except Exception:
@@ -3368,21 +3390,39 @@ class Worker(ServiceCommandSection):
             requirements_manager.set_cwd(cwd)
 
         cached_requirements_failed = False
-        if cached_requirements and (cached_requirements.get('pip') is not None or
-                                    cached_requirements.get('conda') is not None):
+        if not repo_info or (
+                cached_requirements and
+                (cached_requirements.get('pip') is not None or
+                 cached_requirements.get('conda') is not None)
+        ):
             self.log("Found task requirements section, trying to install")
+            cached_requirements = cached_requirements or {}
+
             if ENV_AGENT_FORCE_TASK_INIT.get():
                 # notice we have PackageCollectorRequirement to protect against double includes of "clearml"
                 print("Force clearml Task.init patch adding clearml package to requirements")
-                if cached_requirements.get('pip'):
-                    cached_requirements["pip"] = ("clearml\n" + cached_requirements["pip"]) \
-                        if isinstance(cached_requirements["pip"], str) else \
-                        (["clearml"] + cached_requirements["pip"])
+                if not cached_requirements or cached_requirements.get('pip'):
+                    cached_requirements["pip"] = ("clearml\n" + cached_requirements.get("pip", "")) \
+                        if isinstance(cached_requirements.get("pip", ""), str) else \
+                        (["clearml"] + cached_requirements.get("pip", []))
                 if cached_requirements.get('conda'):
                     cached_requirements["conda"] = ("clearml\n" + cached_requirements["conda"]) \
                         if isinstance(cached_requirements["conda"], str) else \
                         (["clearml"] + cached_requirements["conda"])
 
+            # check if we need to push jupyter nbconvert if we need to run ipynb
+            if execution.entry_point and execution.entry_point.strip().lower().endswith('.ipynb'):
+                print("Force nbconvert patch to convert .ipynb to python")
+                # now we have to make sure we run it with jupyter notebook
+                if not cached_requirements or cached_requirements.get('pip'):
+                    cached_requirements["pip"] = ("nbconvert\nipython\n" + cached_requirements.get("pip", "")) \
+                        if isinstance(cached_requirements.get("pip", ""), str) else \
+                        (["nbconvert", "ipython"] + cached_requirements.get("pip", []))
+                if cached_requirements.get('conda'):
+                    cached_requirements["conda"] = ("nbconvert\nipython\n" + cached_requirements["conda"]) \
+                        if isinstance(cached_requirements["conda"], str) else \
+                        (["nbconvert", "ipython"] + cached_requirements["conda"])
+
             try:
                 package_api.load_requirements(cached_requirements)
             except Exception as e:
@@ -3415,6 +3455,11 @@ class Worker(ServiceCommandSection):
                 print("Force clearml Task.init patch adding clearml package to requirements")
                 requirements_text = "clearml\n" + requirements_text
 
+            if execution.entry_point and execution.entry_point.strip().lower().endswith('.ipynb'):
+                # notice we have PackageCollectorRequirement to protect against double includes of "clearml"
+                print("Force nbconvert patch to convert .ipynb to python")
+                requirements_text = "nbconvert\nipython\n" + requirements_text
+
             new_requirements = requirements_manager.replace(requirements_text)
 
             temp_file = None
diff --git a/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py b/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py
index d01cdf6..8b87302 100644
--- a/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py
+++ b/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ def _locate_future_import(lines):
 
 
 def patch_add_task_init_call(local_filename):
-    if not local_filename or not Path(local_filename).is_file():
+    if not local_filename or not Path(local_filename).is_file() or not str(local_filename).lower().endswith(".py"):
         return
 
     idx_a = 0