diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
index 00eacd3..8bee46b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@ jobs:
               env:
                   NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
                   NETLIFY_SITE_ID: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
+                  EARTHDATA_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.EARTHDATA_USERNAME }}
+                  EARTHDATA_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.EARTHDATA_PASSWORD }}
               timeout-minutes: 10
diff --git a/docs/examples/_earthaccess.ipynb b/docs/examples/_earthaccess.ipynb
index 11ca9e6..8f65c0f 100644
--- a/docs/examples/_earthaccess.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/_earthaccess.ipynb
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@
    "source": [
     "hypercoast.download_pace(results[:1], out_dir=\"data\")"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "filepath = \"data/PACE_OCI.20240730T181157.L2.OC_AOP.V2_0.NRT.nc\"\n",
+    "if not os.path.exists(filepath):\n",
+    "    raise FileNotFoundError(filepath)"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
diff --git a/docs/workshops/pace.ipynb b/docs/workshops/pace.ipynb
index d0cf4f2..0bcd5f5 100644
--- a/docs/workshops/pace.ipynb
+++ b/docs/workshops/pace.ipynb
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
     "import hypercoast"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "if os.environ.get(\"EARTHDATA_USERNAME\") is None:\n",
+    "    raise ValueError(\"Please set the EARTHDATA_USERNAME environment variable\")\n",
+    "if os.environ.get(\"EARTHDATA_PASSWORD\") is None:\n",
+    "    raise ValueError(\"Please set the EARTHDATA_PASSWORD environment variable\")"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},