diff --git a/scripts/build_all_exercises_page.py b/scripts/build_all_exercises_page.py
index d669186..5c010ea 100644
--- a/scripts/build_all_exercises_page.py
+++ b/scripts/build_all_exercises_page.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 print("\nBuilding all_exercises_challenges.html...")
 
-path_to_notebooks = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/intro_programming/notebooks/'
+path_to_notebooks = '../notebooks/'
 
 # Work through notebooks in the order listed here.
 filenames = ['var_string_num.html', 'lists_tuples.html',
diff --git a/scripts/build_index.py b/scripts/build_index.py
index 37a3557..d7eeb13 100644
--- a/scripts/build_index.py
+++ b/scripts/build_index.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
 # Load index template.
-my_template_path = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/intro_programming/notebooks/my_templates'
-my_template_base_path = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/intro_programming/notebooks'
-ipython_template_path = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/IPython/nbconvert/templates/html'
+my_template_path = '../notebooks/my_templates'
+my_template_base_path = '../notebooks'
+ipython_template_path = '../../venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/IPython/nbconvert/templates/html'
 
 my_loader = FileSystemLoader(
     [my_template_path, my_template_base_path, ipython_template_path])
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 index_template = my_loader.load(env, 'index.tpl')
 
 # Render template to file.
-notebooks_path = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/intro_programming/notebooks/'
+notebooks_path = '../notebooks/'
 filepath = notebooks_path + 'index.html'
 with open(filepath, 'w') as f:
     f.write(index_template.render())
diff --git a/scripts/highlight_code.py b/scripts/highlight_code.py
index 4c6eae9..0844206 100644
--- a/scripts/highlight_code.py
+++ b/scripts/highlight_code.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 # Find all files to work with.
 #  Replace with your path.
-path_to_notebooks = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/intro_programming/notebooks/'
+path_to_notebooks = '../notebooks/'
 
 filenames = []
 for filename in os.listdir(path_to_notebooks):
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 for filename in filenames:
 
     # Grab the lines from this html file.
-    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r')
+    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r', encoding='utf8')
     lines = f.readlines()
     f.close()
 
diff --git a/scripts/remove_input_references.py b/scripts/remove_input_references.py
index 2ab8878..d0f1e9e 100644
--- a/scripts/remove_input_references.py
+++ b/scripts/remove_input_references.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 print("\nStripping input reference numbers from code cells...")
 
 # Find all files to work with.
-path_to_notebooks = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/intro_programming/notebooks/'
+path_to_notebooks = '../notebooks/'
 filenames = []
 for filename in os.listdir(path_to_notebooks):
     if '.html' in filename and filename != 'index.html':
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 for filename in filenames:
 
-    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r')
+    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r', encoding='utf8')
     lines = f.readlines()
     f.close()
 
diff --git a/scripts/show_hide_output.py b/scripts/show_hide_output.py
index 5b39fcd..76e6f1f 100644
--- a/scripts/show_hide_output.py
+++ b/scripts/show_hide_output.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 
 # Find all files to work with.
-path_to_notebooks = '/srv/projects/intro_programming/intro_programming/notebooks/'
+path_to_notebooks = '../notebooks/'
 filenames = []
 for filename in os.listdir(path_to_notebooks):
     if '.html' in filename and filename != 'index.html':
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def generate_show_hide_all_buttons():
 # Determine which files have output. Only add buttons to files with output.
 files_with_output = []
 for filename in filenames:
-    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r')
+    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r', encoding='utf8')
     lines = f.readlines()
     f.close()
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def generate_show_hide_all_buttons():
 #    This is after second div.container element
 for filename in files_with_output:
     container_number = 0
-    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r')
+    f = open(path_to_notebooks + filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
     lines = f.readlines()
     f.close()