diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix
index 38c61dba751..b34a956410e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ in
     installPhase =  ''
       mkdir kernels
 
-      ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (kernelName: kernel:
+      ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (kernelName: unfilteredKernel:
         let
-          config = builtins.toJSON {
-            display_name = if (kernel.displayName != "")
-              then kernel.displayName
-              else kernelName;
-            argv = kernel.argv;
-            language = kernel.language;
-          };
+          allowedKernelKeys = ["argv" "displayName" "language" "interruptMode" "env" "metadata" "logo32" "logo64"];
+          kernel = traceVal (filterAttrs (n: v: (any (x: x == n) allowedKernelKeys)) unfilteredKernel);
+          config = builtins.toJSON (
+            kernel
+            // {display_name = if (kernel.displayName != "") then kernel.displayName else kernelName;}
+            // (optionalAttrs (kernel ? interruptMode) { interrupt_mode = kernel.interruptMode; })
+          );
           logo32 =
             if (kernel.logo32 != null)
             then "ln -s ${kernel.logo32} 'kernels/${kernelName}/logo-32x32.png';"