diff --git a/chapters/01-02-spatial-point-data.Rmd b/chapters/01-02-spatial-point-data.Rmd
index a13213e..7dee7f7 100644
--- a/chapters/01-02-spatial-point-data.Rmd
+++ b/chapters/01-02-spatial-point-data.Rmd
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ unzip(
 Inspecting the file with `utils::unzip(list = TRUE)` returned the size of the file, but also the name of the data file of interest. The desired data file can also be identified with `list.files()`.
 
 ::: {.note}
-Other file names may be returned if `/   YOUR FILE PATH   /` is a directory with other contents (e.g., Desktop or Documents folder).
+Multiple chunks of code in this tutorial will contain `./dataset/`, a fixed directory path to run the tutorial code. To run the code on your machine, substitute `./dataset/` with the file path where you would like to store the tutorial data.
 :::
 
 ```{r, eval = FALSE}
diff --git a/chapters/01-04-spatial-raster-data.Rmd b/chapters/01-04-spatial-raster-data.Rmd
index 70caf6d..f220eda 100644
--- a/chapters/01-04-spatial-raster-data.Rmd
+++ b/chapters/01-04-spatial-raster-data.Rmd
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ url_narr <- paste0(
 
 # specify where to save downloaded data
 destination_narr <- paste0(
-  "./data/narr/air.2m_",
+  "./dataset/narr/air.2m_",
   year,
   ".nc"
 )