diff --git a/no_ui.ipynb b/no_ui.ipynb
index 55595c4..dae5fd7 100644
--- a/no_ui.ipynb
+++ b/no_ui.ipynb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "cells": [
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -12,192 +12,9 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "text/html": [
-       "<style>/*******************************************************************************\n",
-       " * Customization of the provided css from the different libs used by sepal_ui\n",
-       " */\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* replace the map panel elements on top */\n",
-       ".leaflet-pane,\n",
-       ".leaflet-top,\n",
-       ".leaflet-bottom {\n",
-       "  z-index: 2 !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* remove the shadow from the widgets on the maps */\n",
-       ".leaflet-widgetcontrol {\n",
-       "  box-shadow: none;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* remove extra padding on top of the content */\n",
-       "main.v-content {\n",
-       "  padding-top: 0px !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* remove all the backgrounds from the controls and widget to be colored naturelly by the map */\n",
-       ".leaflet-control-container .vuetify-styles .v-application {\n",
-       "  background: rgb(0, 0, 0, 0);\n",
-       "}\n",
-       ".v-alert__wrapper .progress {\n",
-       "  background-color: transparent;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* set the bar on top of the map (800) when set to fullscreen */\n",
-       "header.v-app-bar {\n",
-       "  z-index: 800 !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* set the menu_content on top of the map when it's set to fullscreen */\n",
-       ".v-menu__content {\n",
-       "  max-width: 100% !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* make sure navigation drawers are always visible when they exist */\n",
-       "nav.v-navigation-drawer {\n",
-       "  z-index: 900 !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* create extra position for the leaflet map controls */\n",
-       ".leaflet-center {\n",
-       "  left: 50%;\n",
-       "  transform: translate(-50%, 0%);\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       ".leaflet-middle {\n",
-       "  top: 50%;\n",
-       "  position: absolute;\n",
-       "  z-index: 1000;\n",
-       "  pointer-events: none;\n",
-       "  transform: translate(0%, -50%);\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       ".leaflet-center.leaflet-middle {\n",
-       "  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* create extra classes to customize the layer_control table */\n",
-       ".v-no-hover:hover {\n",
-       "  background-color: transparent !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       ".v-no-border tbody tr td,\n",
-       ".v-no-border tbody tr th {\n",
-       "  border: none !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* extra css rules to make the messages disappear beneath the SimpleSlider */\n",
-       ".v-no-messages .v-messages {\n",
-       "  display: none;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       ".v-no-messages .v-input__slot {\n",
-       "  margin-bottom: 0;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* specific css for the btn placed on maps */\n",
-       ".v-btn.v-size--default.v-map-btn:not(.v-btn--round) {\n",
-       "  padding: 0px;\n",
-       "  min-width: 0px;\n",
-       "  width: 30px;\n",
-       "  height: 30px;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* add specific css for the zoom btn of the map */\n",
-       ".v-btn.v-zoom-plus {\n",
-       "  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;\n",
-       "  border-bottom-right-radius: 0;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       ".v-btn.v-zoom-minus {\n",
-       "  margin-top: -1px;\n",
-       "  border-top-left-radius: 0;\n",
-       "  border-top-right-radius: 0;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* css rules for fullscreen menus */\n",
-       ".v-card.v-menu-fullscreen {\n",
-       "  width: calc(100vw - 80px);\n",
-       "  height: calc(100vh - 20px);\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* hide the disclaimer message placed on top of the ui notebook\n",
-       " * the message will be displayed until the css is loaded */\n",
-       "#loading-app {\n",
-       "  display: none !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "/* Related with https://github.com/12rambau/sepal_ui/issues/893 */\n",
-       "#rendered_cells {\n",
-       "  contain: revert !important;\n",
-       "  background-color: revert !important;\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "</style>"
-      ],
-      "text/plain": [
-       "<IPython.core.display.HTML object>"
-      ]
-     },
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "display_data"
-    },
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "text/html": [
-       "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.2.1/css/all.min.css\"/>"
-      ],
-      "text/plain": [
-       "<IPython.core.display.HTML object>"
-      ]
-     },
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "display_data"
-    },
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "application/javascript": [
-       "/*******************************************************************************\n",
-       " * remove any links from fontawesome 5 created by jupyter in favor of\n",
-       " * fontawesome 6. to be removed when Jupyter updates it\n",
-       " */\n",
-       "\n",
-       "function remove_fa5() {\n",
-       "  let links = document.querySelectorAll(\n",
-       "    \"link[href^='https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free@^5']\"\n",
-       "  );\n",
-       "\n",
-       "  links.forEach((link) => link.remove());\n",
-       "}\n",
-       "\n",
-       "if (document.readyState != \"loading\") remove_fa5();\n",
-       "else document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", remove_fa5);\n"
-      ],
-      "text/plain": [
-       "<IPython.core.display.Javascript object>"
-      ]
-     },
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "display_data"
-    },
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
-       "model_id": "a6a2f3d0547b4cb3bd36a01d6811bef2",
-       "version_major": 2,
-       "version_minor": 0
-      },
-      "text/plain": [
-       "ResizeTrigger()"
-      ]
-     },
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "display_data"
-    }
-   ],
+   "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "from component import tile\n",
     "from sepal_ui import aoi"
@@ -205,80 +22,18 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 3,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
-       "model_id": "019f8614e7d9445bac9e0a08b0033bb5",
-       "version_major": 2,
-       "version_minor": 0
-      },
-      "text/plain": [
-       "VuetifyTemplate(template='<script>{methods: {jupyter_embed(){/* set a selected map to embed mode (i.e. default…"
-      ]
-     },
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "display_data"
-    },
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "application/javascript": [
-       "/* set a selected map to fullscreen */\n",
-       "var i = 0;\n",
-       "const wait_unitl_element_appear = setInterval(() => {\n",
-       "  var element = document.querySelector(\".vujvjc .leaflet-container\");\n",
-       "  if (element != null) {\n",
-       "    element.style.position = \"fixed\";\n",
-       "    element.style.width = \"100vw\";\n",
-       "    element.style.height = \"calc(100vh - 48px)\";\n",
-       "    element.style.zIndex = 800;\n",
-       "    element.style.bottom = 0;\n",
-       "    element.style.left = 0;\n",
-       "    window.dispatchEvent(new Event(\"resize\"));\n",
-       "    clearInterval(wait_unitl_element_appear);\n",
-       "  } else if (i > 50) {\n",
-       "    clearInterval(wait_unitl_element_appear);\n",
-       "    console.log(\"cannot find the map element\");\n",
-       "  } else {\n",
-       "    i++;\n",
-       "  }\n",
-       "}, 100);\n"
-      ],
-      "text/plain": [
-       "<IPython.core.display.Javascript object>"
-      ]
-     },
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "display_data"
-    }
-   ],
+   "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "map_tile = tile.MapTile()"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 4,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
-       "model_id": "986435b059b74d65976343b06894548f",
-       "version_major": 2,
-       "version_minor": 0
-      },
-      "text/plain": [
-       "MapTile(align_center=True, children=[Card(children=[Html(children=[''], layout=None, tag='h2'), Flex(children=…"
-      ]
-     },
-     "execution_count": 4,
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "execute_result"
-    }
-   ],
+   "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "map_tile"
    ]
diff --git a/ui.ipynb b/ui.ipynb
index 7e255df..6ee1450 100644
--- a/ui.ipynb
+++ b/ui.ipynb
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 {
  "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "6f434bc9",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import json\n",
+    "from pathlib import Path\n",
+    "import ee\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "def authenticate_gee():\n",
+    "    \"\"\"Authenticate GEE using the credentials file in the user's home directory.\"\"\"\n",
+    "    credential_folder_path = Path.home() / \".config\" / \"earthengine\"\n",
+    "    credential_file_path = credential_folder_path / \"credentials\"\n",
+    "    credentials = json.loads(credential_file_path.read_text())\n",
+    "    project = credentials.get(\"project_id\", credentials.get(\"project\", None))\n",
+    "    ee.Initialize(project=project)\n",
+    "    assert ee.data.getAssetRoots(), \"Error: You have not initialized the GEE home folder. Please follow the the SEPAL documentation: https://docs.sepal.io/en/latest/setup/gee.html#initialize-the-home-folder.\"\n",
+    "    \n",
+    "authenticate_gee()\n"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -108,7 +132,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": " (venv) PlanetLab order (beta)",
+   "display_name": "(venv) planet-order",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "venv-planet-order"
   },