diff --git a/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_conda.ipynb b/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_conda.ipynb
index c1517453fbaa31399859117db17b6c7bbb04cfba..181a713bf45b8ea933f8ae9ca5e4700d39057b69 100644
--- a/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_conda.ipynb
+++ b/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_conda.ipynb
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "Selectable **CONDA_ENV** name, will be used to specify the environment name"
+    "Selectable **CONDA_ENV** name, will be used to specify the environment name\n",
+    "  - must be lowercase"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -60,7 +61,10 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "export CONDA_ENV=my_env"
+    "CONDA_ENV=my_env\n",
+    "\n",
+    "export CONDA_ENV=$(echo \"${CONDA_ENV}\" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')\n",
+    "echo ${KERNEL_NAME} # double check"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_general.ipynb b/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_general.ipynb
index e987f5a625f1ccc1e2c5828ea26e9dea7e5adba3..f4a42398b8ee060fa49c61a3c342de09ed96843e 100644
--- a/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_general.ipynb
+++ b/001-Jupyter/Create_JupyterKernel_general.ipynb
@@ -33,18 +33,28 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "* Set kernel name\n",
+    "  - must be lower case\n",
     "  - change if you like"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": 3,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "goebbert1_kernel\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# INPUT NEEDED:\n",
-    "export KERNEL_NAME=${USER}_kernel\n",
+    "KERNEL_NAME=${USER}_kernel\n",
     "\n",
+    "export KERNEL_NAME=$(echo \"${KERNEL_NAME}\" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')\n",
     "echo ${KERNEL_NAME} # double check"
    ]
   },