diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b99cc35a..2964a832 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,24 +30,31 @@ Static outputs in pdf, markdown, and html reside in [SciMLTutorialsOutput](https
 
 ## Interactive Notebooks
 
-To run the tutorials interactively via Jupyter notebooks and benchmark on your
-own machine
-1. Run Weave for the file (or folder) you are interested in
-2. Activate the appropriate environment
-3. Open and run the notebook.
+To generate the interactive notebooks, first install the SciMLTutorials, instantiate the
+environment, and then run `SciMLTutorials.open_notebooks()`. This looks as follows:
 
-Note: Since notebooks default to looking for a Project.toml file at the same level or parent folder, you might need to move the notebook to the folder with the appropriate Project.toml.
-
-### Example (starting from the project root folder)
 ```julia
-]activate .
+]add SciMLTutorials#master
+]activate SciMLTutorials
 ]instantiate
 using SciMLTutorials
-SciMLTutorials.weave_file("tutorials/models", "01-classical_physics.jmd", [:notebook])
-]activate tutorials/models
+SciMLTutorials.open_notebooks()
+```
+
+The tutorials will be generated at your `pwd()` in a folder called `generated_notebooks`.
+
+Note that when running the tutorials, the packages are not automatically added. Thus you
+will need to add the packages manually or use the internal Project/Manifest tomls to
+instantiate the correct packages. This can be done by activating the folder of the tutorials.
+For example,
+
+```julia
+using Pkg
+Pkg.activate(joinpath(pkgdir(SciMLTutorials),"tutorials","models"))
+Pkg.instantiate()
 ```
 
-Then move `01-classical_physics.jmd` to "tutorials/models" and open the notebook.
+will add all of the packages required to run any tutorial in the `models` folder.
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/src/SciMLTutorials.jl b/src/SciMLTutorials.jl
index dd1e9c6d..c147388e 100644
--- a/src/SciMLTutorials.jl
+++ b/src/SciMLTutorials.jl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function weave_file(folder,file,build_list=default_builds)
   target = joinpath(folder, file)
   @info("Weaving $(target)")
 
-  if isfile(joinpath(folder, "Project.toml"))
+  if isfile(joinpath(folder, "Project.toml")) && build_list != (:notebook,)
     @info("Instantiating", folder)
     Pkg.activate(joinpath(folder))
     Pkg.instantiate()
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ end
 function weave_all(build_list=default_builds)
   for folder in readdir(joinpath(repo_directory,"tutorials"))
     folder == "test.jmd" && continue
-    weave_folder(folder,build_list)
+    weave_folder(joinpath(repo_directory,"tutorials",folder),build_list)
   end
 end
 
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ function open_notebooks()
   Base.eval(Main, Meta.parse("import IJulia"))
   weave_all((:notebook,))
   path = joinpath(repo_directory,"notebook")
-  IJulia.notebook(;dir=path)
+  newpath = joinpath(pwd(),"generated_notebooks")
+  mv(path, newpath)
+  IJulia.notebook(;dir=newpath)
 end
 
 end