diff --git a/doc/jupyter/Demo/Demo_8_extremes.ipynb b/doc/jupyter/Demo/Demo_8_extremes.ipynb
index c5bcb0a0e..bb819012b 100644
--- a/doc/jupyter/Demo/Demo_8_extremes.ipynb
+++ b/doc/jupyter/Demo/Demo_8_extremes.ipynb
@@ -177,13 +177,7 @@
       "2023-12-23 09:52:54,152 [INFO]: base.py(write:251) >> Results saved to a json file: /Users/lee1043/Documents/Research/git/pcmdi_metrics_20230620_pcmdi/pcmdi_metrics/doc/jupyter/Demo/demo_output/extremes_ex1/GISS-E2-H_block_extremes_metrics.json\n",
       "INFO::2023-12-23 09:53::pcmdi_metrics:: Results saved to a json file: /Users/lee1043/Documents/Research/git/pcmdi_metrics_20230620_pcmdi/pcmdi_metrics/doc/jupyter/Demo/demo_output/extremes_ex1/block_extremes_metrics.json\n",
       "2023-12-23 09:53:09,441 [INFO]: base.py(write:251) >> Results saved to a json file: /Users/lee1043/Documents/Research/git/pcmdi_metrics_20230620_pcmdi/pcmdi_metrics/doc/jupyter/Demo/demo_output/extremes_ex1/block_extremes_metrics.json\n",
-      "2023-12-23 09:53:09,441 [INFO]: base.py(write:251) >> Results saved to a json file: /Users/lee1043/Documents/Research/git/pcmdi_metrics_20230620_pcmdi/pcmdi_metrics/doc/jupyter/Demo/demo_output/extremes_ex1/block_extremes_metrics.json\n"
-     ]
-    },
-    {
-     "name": "stderr",
-     "output_type": "stream",
-     "text": [
+      "2023-12-23 09:53:09,441 [INFO]: base.py(write:251) >> Results saved to a json file: /Users/lee1043/Documents/Research/git/pcmdi_metrics_20230620_pcmdi/pcmdi_metrics/doc/jupyter/Demo/demo_output/extremes_ex1/block_extremes_metrics.json\n",
       "  warnings.warn(str(msg))\n",
       "/home/ordonez4/miniconda3/envs/pmp_climex_2/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numdifftools/limits.py:150: UserWarning: All-NaN slice encountered\n",
       "  warnings.warn(str(msg))\n",
@@ -1220,10 +1214,10 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "%%bash\n",
+    "%%bash -s \"$demo_output_directory\"\n",
     "extremes_driver.py  -p basic_extremes_param.py \\\n",
     "--case_id extremes_ex2 \\\n",
-    "--reference_data_path demo_output/extremes_tmp/pr_day_GPCP-1-3_PCMDI_gn_19961002-20170101.nc  \\\n",
+    "--reference_data_path $1/extremes_tmp/pr_day_GPCP-1-3_PCMDI_gn_19961002-20170101.nc  \\\n",
     "--reference_data_set GPCP-1-3 \\\n",
     "--generate_sftlf \\\n",
     "--regrid True"
@@ -2260,7 +2254,7 @@
  ],
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   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "Python [conda env:pmp_climex_2] *",
+   "display_name": "Python [conda env:pmp_climex_2]",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "conda-env-pmp_climex_2-py"
   },
@@ -2274,7 +2268,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
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