diff --git a/examples/monai-2D-mednist/README.rst b/examples/monai-2D-mednist/README.rst
index f88f3d31d..6b3d91e26 100644
--- a/examples/monai-2D-mednist/README.rst
+++ b/examples/monai-2D-mednist/README.rst
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Connecting clients:
    export FEDN_PACKAGE_EXTRACT_DIR=package
    export FEDN_DATA_PATH=<full_path_to_the_dir>/data/
    export FEDN_CLIENT_SETTINGS_PATH=<full_path_to_the_dir>/client_settings.yaml
-   export export FEDN_DATA_SPLIT_INDEX=0
+   export FEDN_DATA_SPLIT_INDEX=0
 
    fedn client start -in client.yaml --secure=True --force-ssl
 
@@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ For convenience, there is a Docker image hosted on ghrc.io with fedn preinstalle
    docker run \
      -v $PWD/client.yaml:/app/client.yaml \
      -v $PWD/client_settings.yaml:/app/client_settings.yaml \
+     -v $PWD/data:/app/data \
      -e FEDN_PACKAGE_EXTRACT_DIR=package \
-     -e FEDN_DATA_PATH=./data/ \
+     -e FEDN_DATA_PATH=/app/data/ \
      -e FEDN_CLIENT_SETTINGS_PATH=/app/client_settings.yaml \
+     -e FEDN_DATA_SPLIT_INDEX=0 \
      ghcr.io/scaleoutsystems/fedn/fedn:0.9.0 run client -in client.yaml --force-ssl --secure=True
 
 
diff --git a/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/train.py b/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/train.py
index 8fc4b05b7..f590fd4f7 100644
--- a/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/train.py
+++ b/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/train.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def train(in_model_path, out_model_path, data_path=None, client_settings_path=No
 
     image_list = clients["client " + str(split_index)]["train"]
 
-    train_ds = MedNISTDataset(data_path=data_path, transforms=train_transforms, image_files=image_list)
+    train_ds = MedNISTDataset(data_path=data_path+'/MedNIST/', transforms=train_transforms, image_files=image_list)
     train_loader = DataLoader(train_ds, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True, num_workers=num_workers)
 
     # Load parmeters and initialize model
diff --git a/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/validate.py b/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/validate.py
index a3053c119..61684867c 100644
--- a/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/validate.py
+++ b/examples/monai-2D-mednist/client/validate.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def validate(in_model_path, out_json_path, data_path=None, client_settings_path=
 
     image_list = clients["client " + str(split_index)]["validation"]
 
-    val_ds = MedNISTDataset(data_path="data/MedNIST", transforms=val_transforms, image_files=image_list)
+    val_ds = MedNISTDataset(data_path=data_path+"/MedNIST/", transforms=val_transforms, image_files=image_list)
 
     val_loader = DataLoader(val_ds, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True, num_workers=num_workers)