diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples_check.yml b/.github/workflows/examples_check.yml
index 9be015077..464cb0b6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples_check.yml
@@ -37,26 +37,49 @@ jobs:
     #   with:
     #     path: ~/.cache/pypoetry
     #     key: poetry-cache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.setup_python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ env.POETRY_VERSION }}
-    - name: Install Poetry
-      uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
-      with:
-        virtualenvs-create: true
-        virtualenvs-in-project: true
-        installer-parallel: true
+    # - name: Install Poetry
+    #   uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+    #   with:
+    #     virtualenvs-create: true
+    #     virtualenvs-in-project: true
+    #     installer-parallel: true
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        make full;
-        poetry add "openai>=1.2.4" jupyter nbconvert cohere==5.3.2;
-    - name: Check for pypdfium2
-      run: poetry run pip show pypdfium2
+        # Legacy run script
+        # make full;
+        # poetry add "openai>=1.2.4" jupyter nbconvert cohere==5.3.2;
+        
+        # Setup Virtual Environment
+        python3 -m venv ./.venv
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+
+        # Install the current branch
+        pip install .
+
+        # Install extra stuff for notebook runs
+        pip install "huggingface_hub[cli]" jupyter nbconvert cohere==5.3.2
+        pip install nltk
+        echo "which python $(which python)"
+        echo "which pip $(which pip)"
+        echo "pip show nltk: $(pip show nltk)"
     - name: Huggingface Hub Login
-      run: poetry run huggingface-cli login --token $HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY
+      run: |
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        echo "which python: $(which python)"
+        echo "which pip $(which pip)"
+        huggingface-cli login --token $HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY
     - name: download nltk data
       run: |
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        echo "which pip $(which pip)"
+        echo "pip show nltk: $(pip show nltk)"
         mkdir /tmp/nltk_data;
-        poetry run python -m nltk.downloader -d /tmp/nltk_data punkt;
-    - name: Use venv
-      run: source .venv/bin/activate
+        python -m nltk.downloader -d /tmp/nltk_data punkt;
+    # - name: Use venv
+    #   run: source .venv/bin/activate
     - name: Execute notebooks and check for errors
-      run: bash ./.github/workflows/scripts/run_notebooks.sh ${{ matrix.notebook }}
+      # run: bash ./.github/workflows/scripts/run_notebooks.sh ${{ matrix.notebook }}
+      run: |
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        bash ./.github/workflows/scripts/run_notebooks.sh ${{ matrix.notebook }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/install_from_hub.yml b/.github/workflows/install_from_hub.yml
index c39cc8502..1e6483547 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install_from_hub.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install_from_hub.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Notebook Execution and Error Check
+name: Install from Hub
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/run_notebooks.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/run_notebooks.sh
index e32932948..cd854ceb6 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/run_notebooks.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/run_notebooks.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 export NLTK_DATA=/tmp/nltk_data;
 
+# Remove the local guardrails directory and use the installed version
+rm -rf ./guardrails
+
+# Navigate to notebooks
 cd docs/examples
 
 # Get the notebook name from the matrix variable
@@ -10,10 +14,12 @@ notebook="$1"
 invalid_notebooks=("valid_chess_moves.ipynb" "llamaindex-output-parsing.ipynb" "competitors_check.ipynb")
 if [[ ! " ${invalid_notebooks[@]} " =~ " ${notebook} " ]]; then
   echo "Processing $notebook..."
-  poetry run jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute "$notebook"
+  # poetry run jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute "$notebook"
+  jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute "$notebook"
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Error found in $notebook"
     echo "Error in $notebook. See logs for details." >> errors.txt
+    exit 1
   fi
 fi