diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ab5685..de1c9e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ from jointfm_client import bootstrap_notebook
 bootstrap_notebook(add_src_root=True)
 ```
 
-Run `task setup` first so VS Code can select the checked-in `Python (joint-client-python)` notebook kernel backed by this repository's `.venv`.
+Run `task setup` first so VS Code can select the registered `Python (joint-client-python)` notebook kernel backed by this repository's `.venv`.
 
 The bootstrap helper resolves the nearest src-layout Python project root, switches the working directory there, and prepends that project's local `src` tree during development. The examples cover hosted health checks, low-level JSON prediction, mean forecasts, sample forecasts, quantile forecasts, pandas/NumPy result conversion, and CSV forecast workflows. They use `.env.sample` placeholders and checked-in fixture payloads; no real tokens or deployment IDs are stored in notebooks.
 
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index d3328ac..7556193 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - uv venv --allow-existing --python 3.13.3
       - uv sync --all-groups --extra notebooks
-      - uv run python -m ipykernel install --sys-prefix --name joint-client-python --display-name "Python (joint-client-python)"
+      - uv run python -m ipykernel install --user --name joint-client-python --display-name "Python (joint-client-python)"
       - uv run pre-commit install --hook-type pre-commit --hook-type commit-msg
       - task: install:ripgrep
       - task: install:typos