diff --git a/cems/src/main/bin/mms-env.sh b/cems/src/main/bin/mms-env.sh
index f80120557..88f5c6445 100755
--- a/cems/src/main/bin/mms-env.sh
+++ b/cems/src/main/bin/mms-env.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export MMS_ENV_NAME=mms-env.sh
 export MMS_JAVA_EXEC='/gws/nopw/j04/esacci_sst/mms_new/software/jdk1.8.0_202/bin/java'
 
 export PM_EXE_DIR=/gws/nopw/j04/esacci_sst/mms_new/bin
-export PM_PYTHON_EXEC='/gws/nopw/j04/fiduceo/Software/miniconda/miniconda3/envs/fiduceo_mms/bin/python'
+export PM_PYTHON_EXEC='/gws/nopw/j04/esacci_sst/mms_new/software/conda_envs/sst-cci-mms/bin/python'
 
 export PATH=${PM_EXE_DIR}:$PATH
 
diff --git a/developer_read.me b/developer_read.me
index 13cc51540..67da150f8 100644
--- a/developer_read.me
+++ b/developer_read.me
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 The build command for Maven for the MS does execute a large number of unit-level and integration tests.
 We have made a tradeoff between build speed and test-coverage by excluding time-consuming test from the
 standard test set. To execute these tests, which cover intensive IO operations and exhaustive database
-test on all supported vendors, the Java VM has to be equipped with parameters that explicitely switch these tests on.
+test on all supported vendors, the Java VM has to be equipped with parameters that explicitly switch these tests on.
 
 -Dcom.bc.fiduceo.db.tests.execute=true
 Enables the database test suite. Requires a MongoDB and a PostGIS db-server to be accessible from the tests.
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ You can find needed test files at:
 
 Interested external developers please contact Brockmann-Consult to receive a copy of the test data.
 
+To make the test data available to the test suite, you need to create a configuration file.
+A template file can be found in the module "core" in the test resources, Please create a copy of
+"dataDirectory_example.properties" and rename it to "dataDirectory.properties". Edit the renamed file
+and update the property "dataDirectory" to point to the test data root directory on your system.
 
 
 MongoDB  preparation for test execution