diff --git a/.setup/Makefile b/.setup/Makefile
index 591b3c7..531a2ff 100644
--- a/.setup/Makefile
+++ b/.setup/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ GIT_ACCOUNT = TUW-GEO
 REPO_NAME = microwave-remote-sensing
 GIT_BRANCH = main
 GIT_REPO = https://github.com/$(GIT_ACCOUNT)/$(REPO_NAME).git
-ROOT = ~/$(REPO_NAME)
+ROOT = ${HOME}/$(REPO_NAME)
 
 
 help:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02a9220..3f2eb23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 .ONESHELL:
 SHELL = /bin/bash
-.PHONY: help clean environment kernel post-render data
+.PHONY: help clean environment kernel teardown
 
 YML = $(wildcard **/*.yml)
 REQ = $(basename $(notdir $(YML)))
+BASENAME = $(shell basename $(CURDIR))
 
-CONDA_ENV_DIR := $(foreach i,$(REQ),$(shell conda info --base)/envs/$(i))
-KERNEL_DIR := $(foreach i,$(REQ),$(shell jupyter --data-dir)/kernels/$(i))
 CONDA_ACTIVATE = source $$(conda info --base)/etc/profile.d/conda.sh ; conda activate ; conda activate
-
+PREFIX = ${HOME}/$(BASENAME)/.conda_envs
+CONDA_ENV_DIR := $(foreach i,$(REQ),$(PREFIX)/$(i))
+KERNEL_DIR := $(foreach i,$(REQ),$(shell jupyter --data-dir)/kernels/$(i))
 
 help:
 	@echo "Makefile for setting up environment, kernel, and pulling notebooks"
@@ -25,27 +26,26 @@ clean:
 	rm --force --recursive .ipynb_checkpoints/
 
 teardown:
-	for i in $(REQ)
-	do 
-		conda remove -n $$i --all -y 
-		jupyter kernelspec uninstall -y $$i 
-	done
-
-$(CONDA_ENV_DIR):
-	- for i in $(YML); do conda env create -f $$i; done
+	$(foreach f, $(REQ), \
+		jupyter kernelspec uninstall -y $(f); \
+		conda remove -n $(f) --all -y ; \
+		conda deactivate; )
+	- conda config --remove envs_dirs $(PREFIX)
+
+$(CONDA_ENV_DIR): $(YML)
+	- conda config --prepend envs_dirs $(PREFIX)
+	$(foreach f, $^, \
+		conda env create --file $(f) \
+			--prefix $(PREFIX)/$(basename $(notdir $(f))); )
 
 environment: $(CONDA_ENV_DIR)
 	@echo -e "conda environments are ready."
 
 $(KERNEL_DIR): $(CONDA_ENV_DIR)
-	pip install --upgrade pip
-	pip install jupyter
-	for i in $(REQ)
-	do 
-		$(CONDA_ACTIVATE) $$i 
-		python -m ipykernel install --user --name $$i --display-name $$i
-		conda deactivate
-	done
+	$(foreach f, $(REQ), \
+		$(CONDA_ACTIVATE) $(f); \
+		python -m ipykernel install --user --name $(f) --display-name $(f); \
+		conda deactivate; )
 
 kernel: $(KERNEL_DIR)
 	@echo -e "conda jupyter kernel is ready."
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