diff --git a/notebooks/NIRCam/NIRCam_WFSS_Box_extraction/BoxExtraction_using_Grismconf_CRDS.ipynb b/notebooks/NIRCam/NIRCam_WFSS_Box_extraction/BoxExtraction_using_Grismconf_CRDS.ipynb
index 74a89bd97..31d8fcd5e 100755
--- a/notebooks/NIRCam/NIRCam_WFSS_Box_extraction/BoxExtraction_using_Grismconf_CRDS.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/NIRCam/NIRCam_WFSS_Box_extraction/BoxExtraction_using_Grismconf_CRDS.ipynb
@@ -69,13 +69,55 @@
     "import requests\n",
     "from scipy.stats import sigmaclip\n",
     "\n",
-    "from crds import client\n",
     "import grismconf\n",
     "from jwst.assign_wcs import AssignWcsStep\n",
     "from jwst.flatfield import FlatFieldStep\n",
     "from jwst.photom import PhotomStep"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "d6b0fc4b",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Set CRDS Path and Server"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "bb09075d-b0ba-4bee-b6c5-a2f27b767b6a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Before running the pipeline steps, we need to ensure our our CRDS environment is configured. This includes defining a CRDS cache directory in which to keep the reference files that will be used by the calibration pipeline.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "If the root directory for the local CRDS cache has not already been set, it will be created in the home directory."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "0ab935ab-a215-4fe3-8aad-b3dae5a017bb",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Check whether the local CRDS cache directory has been set.\n",
+    "# If not, set it to the user home directory\n",
+    "if (os.getenv('CRDS_PATH') is None):\n",
+    "    os.environ['CRDS_PATH'] = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'crds')\n",
+    "# Check whether the CRDS server URL has been set.  If not, set it.\n",
+    "if (os.getenv('CRDS_SERVER_URL') is None):\n",
+    "    os.environ['CRDS_SERVER_URL'] = 'https://jwst-crds.stsci.edu'\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Echo CRDS path and context in use\n",
+    "print('CRDS local filepath:', os.environ['CRDS_PATH'])\n",
+    "print('CRDS file server:', os.environ['CRDS_SERVER_URL'])\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# import crds after setting up the required environment variables\n",
+    "from crds import client\n",
+    "if client.get_crds_server() != os.environ['CRDS_SERVER_URL']:\n",
+    "    client.set_crds_server('https://jwst-crds.stsci.edu')"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "117e4ec7-610c-4d11-82f4-756971dc23e0",
@@ -199,7 +241,7 @@
    "id": "41068262-9a54-46c5-a9d2-ca2217ad1fee",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "## Download Data and Ensure CRDS Configuration"
+    "## Download Data"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -224,28 +266,6 @@
     "get_jwst_file(wfss_file)"
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "id": "faa27c94",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "If CRDS is not configured, set the CRDS server URL and define a local cache path \n",
-    "to ensure the pipeline steps can access reference files as needed."
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "af7a4057",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "if os.environ.get(\"CRDS_PATH\") is None:\n",
-    "    client.set_crds_server('https://jwst-crds.stsci.edu')\n",
-    "    os.environ[\"CRDS_SERVER_URL\"] = \"https://jwst-crds.stsci.edu\"\n",
-    "    os.environ[\"CRDS_PATH\"] = \"\""
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "ab5f3c78-258f-49c4-99c4-87e26f0972cf",
@@ -1138,7 +1158,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.10"
+   "version": "3.12.7"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,