diff --git a/quants_lab/research_notebooks/03_optimization_notebook.ipynb b/quants_lab/research_notebooks/03_optimization_notebook.ipynb
index 2344812..3db92b9 100644
--- a/quants_lab/research_notebooks/03_optimization_notebook.ipynb
+++ b/quants_lab/research_notebooks/03_optimization_notebook.ipynb
@@ -5,7 +5,21 @@
    "execution_count": null,
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "import os\n",
     "import sys\n",
+    "\n",
+    "root_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '../..'))\n",
+    "sys.path.append(root_path)"
+   ],
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false
+   }
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
     "import traceback\n",
     "from decimal import Decimal\n",
     "import pandas_ta as ta  # noqa: F401\n",