diff --git a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
index 34aeb041bc5..b1bad0fb458 100644
--- a/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
+++ b/src/HowBadIsMyBatch.ipynb
@@ -78,6 +78,38 @@
     "print('needsUpdate:', needsUpdate)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "e673b947",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "def getWorkingDirectory():\n",
+    "    pwd = ! \"pwd\"\n",
+    "    return pwd[0]"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "e313a06c",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "pwd = getWorkingDirectory()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "501f6c7b",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "pwd"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "9514f5be",
@@ -245,10 +277,10 @@
     "    os.remove(zipFile)\n",
     "\n",
     "def downloadVAERSFileAndUnzip(file):\n",
-    "    downloadedFile = downloadVAERSFile(file, \"/home/frankknoll/Dokumente/Corona/projects/HowBadIsMyBatch/src/VAERS/tmp\")\n",
+    "    downloadedFile = downloadVAERSFile(file, getWorkingDirectory() + \"/VAERS/tmp\")\n",
     "    unzipAndRemove(\n",
     "        zipFile = downloadedFile,\n",
-    "        dstDir = '/home/frankknoll/Dokumente/Corona/projects/HowBadIsMyBatch/src/VAERS/')\n"
+    "        dstDir = getWorkingDirectory() + '/VAERS/')\n"
    ]
   },
   {