diff --git a/quickstart.ipynb b/quickstart.ipynb
index 062dcd23..a1891a5d 100644
--- a/quickstart.ipynb
+++ b/quickstart.ipynb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "[![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/robmarkcole/earthdaily-python-client/blob/update-documentation/quickstart.ipynb)"
+    "[![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/earthdaily/earthdaily-python-client/blob/main/quickstart.ipynb)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -68,28 +68,6 @@
     "    print(\"No .env file found\")"
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "Validate credentials are present"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "import os\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# check the EDS_AUTH_URL env var is set\n",
-    "if not os.getenv(\"EDS_API_URL\"):\n",
-    "    raise ValueError(\"EDS_AUTH_URL not set in .env file\")\n",
-    "else:\n",
-    "    print(\"EDS_AUTH_URL found: \", os.getenv(\"EDS_API_URL\"))"
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c6659542..4c639255 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
         if line.startswith("__version__"):
             version = line.split("=")[1].split('"')[1]
 
+with open("README.md", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name="earthdaily",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@
     description="earthdaily: easy authentication, search and retrieval of Earth Data Store collections data",
     author="EarthDaily Agro",
     python_requires=">=3.10",
-    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
+    long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     install_requires=[
         "numpy",