diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9faf17c84cc1f7be0f6a94ce28803cfd405ea9f0..2ea6cfc126c24de18fefe3c438ef1863f692113c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .obsidian
 *.orig
 venv
+my_env/
 out-logs
 logs/mapies.log
 figures
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2df69f4d57c8fc0021362fb570372cf1054a9c1..cab6a530061b431edee27ddf8ce5b122324a657f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,10 +7,24 @@ There are two ways of setting up your machine presently to run mapies. If you ar
 
 **Virtual Env**
 
+Install virtualenv
+
+```
+pip install virtualenv
+```
+
+Install python3.10
+
+
+```
+sudo apt install python3.10-venv
+
+```
+
 Create your virtual environment.
 
 ```
-python -m env venv
+python3.10 -m venv venv  
 ```
 
 Then to enter the virtual environment run,
diff --git a/run/run_viirs.py b/run/run_viirs.py
index b644c4b41af6af38fafb6564e9058edc529cf892..0709aca315c677712fb53fa1f0b1923995602eac 100644
--- a/run/run_viirs.py
+++ b/run/run_viirs.py
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # outdir="/home/cmeikle/Projects/data/"
     # indir="/home/cmeikle/Projects/data/VIIRS"
 
-    outdir="/home/cgile/Documents/mapies/figures"
-    indir="/home/cgile/Documents/mapies/VIIRS"
+    #outdir="/home/cgile/Documents/mapies/figures"
+    #indir="/home/cgile/Documents/mapies/VIIRS"
+
+    outdir="/home/ayarce/MAPIES/mapies/run/output_test"
+    indir="/home/ayarce/MAPIES/mapies/mapies/tests/test_data/VIIRS"
 
 
     start_time = time.time()