diff --git a/env_setup/create_env.sh b/env_setup/create_env.sh
index 6e537909497664612adbf23166fdc91770efa211..4da4a855e09598d779103d63ee9a91c485f56a85 100755
--- a/env_setup/create_env.sh
+++ b/env_setup/create_env.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV_DIR=${WORKING_DIR}/env_setup
 
 source ${ENV_DIR}/modules.sh
 # Install additional Python packages.
-pip3 install --ignore-installed -r requirements.txt
+pip3 install --user --ignore-installed -r requirements.txt
 #pip3 install --user netCDF4
 #pip3 install --user numpy