diff --git a/notebooks/eln_import.ipynb b/notebooks/eln_import.ipynb
index b443c2307..295df7b93 100644
--- a/notebooks/eln_import.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/eln_import.ipynb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "url = urlparse.urlsplit(jupyter_notebook_url)\n",
     "parsed_url = urlparse.parse_qs(url.query)\n",
     "params = {key:value[0] for key, value in parsed_url.items()}\n",
-    "eln_widget = ElnImportWidget(**params)"
+    "eln_widget = ElnImportWidget(path_to_root=\"../../\", **params)"
    ]
   },
   {