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@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING='FALSE'
 
 ```bash
 conda activate demo-jcgs
+cd examples/deconvolution
 
 # * generate the data (only required once)
 # set dataflag='--data' in submit_local.sh, then execute