diff --git a/examples/mnist-pytorch/client/fedn.yaml b/examples/mnist-pytorch/client/fedn.yaml
index 30873488b..ce9af3ea9 100644
--- a/examples/mnist-pytorch/client/fedn.yaml
+++ b/examples/mnist-pytorch/client/fedn.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-python_env: python_env.yaml
+# Remove the python_env tag below to handle the environment manually
+python_env: python_env.yaml 
+
 entry_points:
   build:
     command: python model.py