diff --git a/01-codechunks/_prep-data.py b/01-codechunks/_prep-data.py
index 416ffde..bfb1c02 100644
--- a/01-codechunks/_prep-data.py
+++ b/01-codechunks/_prep-data.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
+import os
 import re
 ## standard imports
 from IPython.core.display import Markdown as md
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ import bibtexparser
 
 sns.set_style("whitegrid")
 
-DATA_DIR=Path("./02-data")
+PROJECT_DIR=Path(os.getenv("QUARTO_PROJECT_DIR", "."))
+DATA_DIR=PROJECT_DIR.joinpath("02-data")
 RAW_DATA=DATA_DIR.joinpath("raw")
 WORKING_DATA=DATA_DIR.joinpath("intermediate")
 PROCESSED_DATA=DATA_DIR.joinpath("processed")