diff --git a/notebooks/validate_and_tokenize_data.ipynb b/notebooks/validate_and_tokenize_data.ipynb
index 26b3214437..b7048a55d7 100644
--- a/notebooks/validate_and_tokenize_data.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/validate_and_tokenize_data.ipynb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
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@@ -677,7 +677,17 @@
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-   "execution_count": 0,
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import os\n",
+    "os.makedirs(temporary_mds_output_path, exist_ok=True)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
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@@ -786,8 +796,25 @@
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+  },
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+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.10.13"
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+ "nbformat_minor": 4
 }