diff --git a/src/utils/paths.py b/src/utils/paths.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0af0428..0000000
--- a/src/utils/paths.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# utils/paths.py
-from pathlib import Path
-
-PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
-
-
-def get_project_path(relative_path: str) -> Path:
-    return PROJECT_ROOT / relative_path
diff --git a/src/utils/process_data.py b/src/utils/process_data.py
index 9f3c200..9ec908c 100644
--- a/src/utils/process_data.py
+++ b/src/utils/process_data.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import json
+import os
 import sys
 from typing_extensions import Callable
 from utils.build_handlers import get_build_handler
-from .paths import get_project_path
 from sacrebleu import sentence_bleu as bleu
 from utils.dataset import ArchiveState, Comment, CommentGenSubmission, Dataset
 
 REFERENCE_MAP = Dataset.from_json(
-    str(get_project_path('../data/dataset.json'))
+    os.getenv("DATASET_PATH", os.path.join("data", "dataset.json")),
 ).build_reference_map()
 
-ARCHIVES_ROOT = str(get_project_path('../data/archives'))
+ARCHIVES_ROOT = os.getenv("ARCHIVES_ROOT", "data/archives")
 
 
 def comment_distance(submission: CommentGenSubmission, entry: Comment):