diff --git a/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/microns_nwb_coreg_notebook.ipynb b/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/microns_nwb_coreg_notebook.ipynb
index 53cb377..de83885 100644
--- a/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/microns_nwb_coreg_notebook.ipynb
+++ b/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/microns_nwb_coreg_notebook.ipynb
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@
     "    \"zarr-checksum==0.4.7\"\n",
     "\n",
     "!curl -sL -o ng_utils.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/ng_utils.py\n",
-    "!curl -sL -o ng_visualization/functional_base_state.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/ng_visualization/functional_base_state.json\n",
-    "!curl -sL -o ng_visualization/structural_base_state.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/ng_visualization/structural_base_state.json\n",
+    "!curl --create-dirs -sL -o ng_visualization/functional_base_state.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/ng_visualization/functional_base_state.json\n",
+    "!curl --create-dirs -sL -o ng_visualization/structural_base_state.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/ng_visualization/structural_base_state.json\n",
     "!curl -sL -o ScanUnit.pkl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000402/MICrONS/coregistration/ScanUnit.pkl"
    ]
   },
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
     "from tqdm import tqdm\n",
     "import pandas as pd\n",
     "import numpy as np\n",
-    "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n"
+    "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/000458/FlatironInstitute/001_summarize_contents.ipynb b/000458/FlatironInstitute/001_summarize_contents.ipynb
index 404d183..9ab3900 100644
--- a/000458/FlatironInstitute/001_summarize_contents.ipynb
+++ b/000458/FlatironInstitute/001_summarize_contents.ipynb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     "    \"zarr==2.18.7\" \\\n",
     "    \"zarr-checksum==0.4.7\"\n",
     "\n",
-    "!curl -sL -o helpers/stream_nwbfile.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000458/FlatironInstitute/helpers/stream_nwbfile.py"
+    "!curl --create-dirs -sL -o helpers/stream_nwbfile.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/000458/FlatironInstitute/helpers/stream_nwbfile.py"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/001075/001075_paper_figure_1d.ipynb b/001075/001075_paper_figure_1d.ipynb
index 773e7a5..d05b848 100644
--- a/001075/001075_paper_figure_1d.ipynb
+++ b/001075/001075_paper_figure_1d.ipynb
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@
     "    \"zarr==2.18.7\" \\\n",
     "    \"zarr-checksum==0.4.7\"\n",
     "\n",
-    "!curl -sL -o utils_001075/__init__.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/001075/utils_001075/__init__.py\n",
-    "!curl -sL -o utils_001075/_stream_nwbfile.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/001075/utils_001075/_stream_nwbfile.py\n",
-    "!curl -sL -o utils_001075/_waterfall.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/001075/utils_001075/_waterfall.py"
+    "!curl --create-dirs -sL -o utils_001075/__init__.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/001075/utils_001075/__init__.py\n",
+    "!curl --create-dirs -sL -o utils_001075/_stream_nwbfile.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/001075/utils_001075/_stream_nwbfile.py\n",
+    "!curl --create-dirs -sL -o utils_001075/_waterfall.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dandi/example-notebooks/master/001075/utils_001075/_waterfall.py"
    ]
   },
   {