diff --git a/docs/platforms/aurora_operations.md b/docs/platforms/aurora_operations.md
index d0f1726..e969b3f 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/aurora_operations.md
+++ b/docs/platforms/aurora_operations.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cat $PBS_NODEFILE
 Open a new terminal on the UAN and run:
 
 ```bash
-cd /lus/flare/projects/ModCon/ngetty/PRISM
+cd /lus/flare/projects/<project>/<user>/PRISM
 
 # Quick test (5 steps, 1B model):
 python tools/launch_aurora_web.py \
diff --git a/docs/platforms/running_on_polaris.md b/docs/platforms/running_on_polaris.md
index 8e1797f..189c364 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/running_on_polaris.md
+++ b/docs/platforms/running_on_polaris.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ recommended layout:
   datasets/<dataset>/shards/*.tar
   models/<hf-org--hf-model>/         # HF snapshot dirs
   envs/.venv-polaris/                # built by setup_polaris_env.sh
-  repos/PRISM/                # checkout
+  repos/PRISM/                       # checkout
   logs/<DESIGN>/                     # PBS stdout/stderr
 ```
 
diff --git a/tests/test_scits_fix_static.py b/tests/test_scits_fix_static.py
index 56867ab..8bbd480 100644
--- a/tests/test_scits_fix_static.py
+++ b/tests/test_scits_fix_static.py
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def test_no_user_specific_hub_paths_in_model_configs():
 
     Tokenizer paths under a project dir are still allowed: the interleaved TS
     configs legitimately point at custom tokenizers checked in under
-    /flare/ModCon/<user>/BaseMM_PRISM/tokenizers/.
+    /flare/<project>/<user>/PRISM/tokenizers/.
     """
     offenders = []
     for cfg in sorted((REPO_ROOT / "src" / "conf" / "model").glob("*.yaml")):
diff --git a/tools/ci/site_path_allowlist.json b/tools/ci/site_path_allowlist.json
index 35ee1f2..321c339 100644
--- a/tools/ci/site_path_allowlist.json
+++ b/tools/ci/site_path_allowlist.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "docs/modalities/image_decoder/docci_data.md": 3,
     "docs/modalities/timeseries.md": 6,
     "docs/models/auroragpt_vlm.md": 1,
-    "docs/platforms/aurora_operations.md": 4,
+    "docs/platforms/aurora_operations.md": 3,
     "docs/platforms/daos_setup.md": 10,
     "docs/platforms/running_on_polaris.md": 8,
     "docs/results/patrick_tsqa_ab.md": 3,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "tools/isoflop_collect.py": 1,
     "tools/isoflop_launch.py": 1,
     "tools/isoflop_plan.py": 4,
-    "tools/launch_aurora.py": 3,
+    "tools/launch_aurora.py": 2,
     "tools/launch_aurora_daos.py": 2,
     "tools/launch_aurora_web.py": 1,
     "tools/launch_baremetal.py": 2,
diff --git a/tools/launch_aurora.py b/tools/launch_aurora.py
index d1df0d3..d59c87b 100644
--- a/tools/launch_aurora.py
+++ b/tools/launch_aurora.py
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ def main():
     env_config = load_dotenv()
 
     # Defaults from .env or hardcoded fallbacks
-    default_prism_dir = env_config.get("PRISM_DIR", "/flare/ModCon/ngetty/BaseMM_PRISM")
+    # Fall back to the checkout this launcher lives in, not a hardcoded user path.
+    default_prism_dir = env_config.get(
+        "PRISM_DIR", os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    )
     default_hf_home = env_config.get("HF_HOME", "/flare/ModCon/sandeep")
     env_config.get("PROJECT_ALLOCATION", "ModCon")
     env_config.get("QUEUE_NAME", "debug")
diff --git a/tools/launch_polaris.py b/tools/launch_polaris.py
index 3f39005..676762b 100755
--- a/tools/launch_polaris.py
+++ b/tools/launch_polaris.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         env_config = load_dotenv()
 
     # When --prism-dir isn't given, prefer the launcher's own location over
-    # cwd. That way `ssh polaris "cd /eagle/.../BaseMM_PRISM && \
+    # cwd. That way `ssh polaris "cd /eagle/.../PRISM && \
     # python tools/launch_polaris.py ..."` Just Works from a different host.
     if args.prism_dir:
         prism_dir = args.prism_dir