diff --git a/DataGetter.py b/DataGetter.py
index a1a7957..eb8f41c 100644
--- a/DataGetter.py
+++ b/DataGetter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import uproot
+import uproot4 as uproot
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 from glob import glob
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def get_data(signalDataSet, backgroundDataSet, config, doBgWeight = False, doSgW
                 trainData[key] = data[key][:minLen]
 
     # Randomly shuffle the signal and background 
-    np.random.seed(config["seed"]) 
+    np.random.seed(config["seed"])
     perms = np.random.permutation(trainData["data"].shape[0])
     for key in trainData:
         trainData[key] = trainData[key][perms]
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def getColumnHeaders(self, samplesToRun, treename):
             try:
                 sample = samplesToRun[0]                
                 f = uproot.open(sample)
-                self.columnHeaders = f[treename].pandas.df().columns.tolist()
+                self.columnHeaders = f[treename].arrays(library="pd").columns.tolist()
                 f.close()
             except IndexError as e:
                 print(e)
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ def getDataSets(self, samplesToRun, treename):
         for filename in samplesToRun:
             try:
                 f = uproot.open(filename)
-                #dsets.append( f[treename].pandas.df(branches=variables) )
-                dsets.append( f[treename].pandas.df() )
+                dsets.append( f[treename].arrays(library="pd") )
                 f.close()
             except Exception as e:
                 print("Warning: \"%s\" has issues" % filename, e)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57ef3ae..54c15d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,36 @@ xrdcp -r root://cmseos.fnal.gov///store/user/cmadrid/trainingTuples/MVA_Training
 python train.py
 ```
 
+### Alternative LPC setup: Python Virtual Environment
+
+To begin the initial setup, run the following commands:
+```bash
+cd <working_directory>
+git clone git@github.com:StealthStop/DeepESM.git
+cd DeepESM
+./setup.sh
+```
+Remember to replace `<working_directory>` with the directory where you want your files/folders to appear. You can change the name of the virtual environment by using the `-n` option and you can use the development version of coffea by using the `-d` option. These commands only need to be run during the initial setup. When doing your day-to-day tasks, you can skip these.
+
+To activate the `coffeaenv` environment and set the Jupyter paths, run the command (every time):
+```bash
+cd <working_directory>/DeepESM
+source init.sh
+```
+
+When you are done working and would like to ``de-activate'' the `coffeaenv` environment, run the command:
+```bash
+deactivate
+```
+This shell function was given to you by the virtual environment.
+
+To remove the virtual environment and the associated files (i.e. inverse of the setup script), you can use the run the following command:
+```bash
+cd <working_directory>/DeepESM
+./clean.sh
+```
+The `clean.sh` script has the same `-n` and `-d` options as in the `setup.sh` script.
+
 ### Plotting Input Variables
 
 A plotting script is provided to make pretty plots of NN inputs from the ntuple files.
diff --git a/clean.sh b/clean.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ad76ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+case `uname` in
+  Linux) ECHO="echo -e" ;;
+  *) ECHO="echo" ;;
+esac
+
+usage(){
+	EXIT=$1
+	$ECHO "clean.sh [options]"
+	$ECHO
+	$ECHO "Options:"
+	$ECHO "-d              \tuse the developer branch of Coffea (default = 0)"
+	$ECHO "-h              \tprint this message and exit"
+	$ECHO "-n [NAME]       \toverride the name of the virtual environment (default = coffeaenv)"
+	exit $EXIT
+}
+
+NAME=coffeaenv
+DEV=0
+
+# check arguments
+while getopts "dhn:" opt; do
+	case "$opt" in
+		d) DEV=1
+		;;
+		h) usage 0
+		;;
+		n) NAME=$OPTARG
+		;;
+		:) printf "missing argument for -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
+		   usage -1
+		;;
+		\?) printf "illegal option: -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
+		    usage -2
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+$ECHO "Removing the virtual environment ... "
+rm -rf ${NAME} ${NAME}.tar.gz
+
+if [[ "$DEV" == "1" ]]; then
+	$ECHO "\nRemoving the 'development' version of Coffea ... "
+	rm -rf coffea
+fi
+
+$ECHO "\nRemoving the ipython/jupyter kernel ... "
+storage_dir=$(readlink -f $PWD)
+rm -rf ${storage_dir}/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/${NAME}
+
+$ECHO "\nFINISHED"
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5ccaea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# vars for jupyter
+storage_dir=$(readlink -f $PWD)
+export TCHANNEL_BASE=${storage_dir}
+export JUPYTER_PATH=${storage_dir}/.jupyter
+export JUPYTER_RUNTIME_DIR=${storage_dir}/.local/share/jupyter/runtime
+export JUPYTER_DATA_DIR=${storage_dir}/.local/share/jupyter
+export IPYTHONDIR=${storage_dir}/.ipython
+
+source coffeaenv/bin/activate
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..195ef7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+case `uname` in
+  Linux) ECHO="echo -e" ;;
+  *) ECHO="echo" ;;
+esac
+
+usage(){
+	EXIT=$1
+	$ECHO "setup.sh [options]"
+	$ECHO
+	$ECHO "Options:"
+	$ECHO "-d              \tuse the developer branch of Coffea (default = 0)"
+	$ECHO "-h              \tprint this message and exit"
+	$ECHO "-n [NAME]       \toverride the name of the virtual environment (default = coffeaenv)"
+	exit $EXIT
+}
+
+NAME=coffeaenv
+LCG=/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_99cuda/x86_64-centos7-gcc8-opt
+DEV=0
+
+# check arguments
+while getopts "dhn:" opt; do
+	case "$opt" in
+		d) DEV=1
+		;;
+		h) usage 0
+		;;
+		n) NAME=$OPTARG
+		;;
+		:) printf "missing argument for -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
+		   usage -1
+		;;
+		\?) printf "illegal option: -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
+		    usage -2
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+# Setup the LCG environment
+$ECHO "Getting the LCG environment ... "
+source $LCG/setup.sh
+
+# Install most of the needed software in a virtual environment
+# following https://aarongorka.com/blog/portable-virtualenv/, an alternative is https://github.com/pantsbuild/pex
+$ECHO "\nMaking and activiating the virtual environment ... "
+python -m venv --copies $NAME
+source $NAME/bin/activate
+$ECHO "\nInstalling 'pip' packages ... "
+python -m pip install --no-cache-dir setuptools pip argparse --upgrade 
+python -m pip install --no-cache-dir xxhash
+python -m pip install --no-cache-dir uproot4
+if [[ "$DEV" == "1" ]]; then
+	$ECHO "\nInstalling the 'development' version of Coffea ... "
+	python -m pip install --no-cache-dir flake8 pytest coverage
+	git clone https://github.com/CoffeaTeam/coffea
+	cd coffea
+	python -m pip install --no-cache-dir --editable .[dask,spark,parsl] 'uproot-methods<0.9.0,>=0.7.3' 'pillow>=7.1.0' 'mplhep==0.1.35'
+	cd ..
+else
+	$ECHO "Installing the 'production' version of Coffea ... "
+	python -m pip install --no-cache-dir coffea[dask,spark,parsl] 'uproot-methods<0.9.0,>=0.7.3' 'pillow>=7.1.0' 'mplhep==0.1.35'
+fi
+
+# Setup the activation script for the virtual environment
+$ECHO "\nSetting up the activation script for the virtual environment ... "
+sed -i '40s/.*/VIRTUAL_ENV="$(cd "$(dirname "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )")" \&\& pwd)"/' $NAME/bin/activate
+find coffeaenv/bin/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P 4 sed -i '1s/#!.*python$/#!\/usr\/bin\/env python/'
+sed -i "2a source ${LCG}/setup.sh" $NAME/bin/activate
+sed -i "4a source ${LCG}/setup.csh" $NAME/bin/activate.csh
+
+$ECHO "\nSetting up the ipython/jupyter kernel ... "
+storage_dir=$(readlink -f $PWD)
+ipython kernel install --prefix=${storage_dir}/.local --name=$NAME
+tar -zcf ${NAME}.tar.gz ${NAME}
+
+deactivate
+$ECHO "\nFINISHED"