diff --git a/Notebooks/Chap08/8_1_MNIST_1D_Performance.ipynb b/Notebooks/Chap08/8_1_MNIST_1D_Performance.ipynb
index 69b4f91..a6b8208 100644
--- a/Notebooks/Chap08/8_1_MNIST_1D_Performance.ipynb
+++ b/Notebooks/Chap08/8_1_MNIST_1D_Performance.ipynb
@@ -70,14 +70,8 @@
       },
       "outputs": [],
       "source": [
-        "import os\n",
-        "\n",
-        "# Create directory in a cross-platform way\n",
-        "os.makedirs('./sample_data', exist_ok=True)\n",
-        "\n",
-        "\n",
         "args = mnist1d.data.get_dataset_args()\n",
-        "data = mnist1d.data.get_dataset(args, path='./sample_data/mnist1d_data.pkl', download=False, regenerate=False)\n",
+        "data = mnist1d.data.get_dataset(args, path='./mnist1d_data.pkl', download=False, regenerate=False)\n",
         "\n",
         "# The training and test input and outputs are in\n",
         "# data['x'], data['y'], data['x_test'], and data['y_test']\n",