diff --git a/exercises/assembly_exercise.md b/exercises/assembly_exercise.md
index 818ee0e4a794614010f34d41adfceebcd8ad36f4..cd12683e69dc8b2aa9c9fc60fc108f4034b1998a 100644
--- a/exercises/assembly_exercise.md
+++ b/exercises/assembly_exercise.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ We will first do the assembly of a small test dataset together. Later, you will
 
     ```bash
     # copy data 
-    cp /shares/amr.imm.uzh/data/projects/Blockcourse_BIO296/FS2023/Participants_data/illumina/01_data_mrsa/SaH1P10622* /data/$USER/testdata/illumina/
+    cp /shares/amr.imm.uzh/data/projects/Blockcourse_BIO296/FS2023/Participants_data/illumina/01_data_mrsa/SaH1P10622* /data/$USER/testdata/illumina/01_data/
 
     # copy scripts
     cp -r /shares/amr.imm.uzh/data/projects/Blockcourse_BIO296/FS2023/Participants_data/testdata/illumina/02_scripts/ /data/$USER/testdata/illumina/