diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 26ae4976371ab06f97a0f42147be606565208c6a..3e98d7ebfe27306e72f9228a2fa8449258bfbb27 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ python -c 'import scopesim; scopesim.download_packages(["Armazones", "ELT", "MIC
 
 python src/micado/toolbox/yaml_from_did.py
 python src/micado/toolbox/python_from_vodml.py
-black src/micado
+black --exclude "notebooks/*" src/micado
 python src/micado/toolbox/tsf_from_python.py
 python src/micado/toolbox/obx_from_python.py
 python src/micado/toolbox/dataitemstables_from_python.py