diff --git a/doc/developing/documenting.rst b/doc/developing/documenting.rst
index aadfd3e69d..29d48257bd 100644
--- a/doc/developing/documenting.rst
+++ b/doc/developing/documenting.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ It's easiest to install the required packages using Conda:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    conda install jupyter sphinx make numpy sphinx_rtd_theme matplotlib rst2pdf
+    conda install -c conda-forge --override-channels jupyter sphinx make numpy sphinx_rtd_theme matplotlib rst2pdf
 
 .. _Sphinx: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/
 
diff --git a/doc/install/development.rst b/doc/install/development.rst
index ee530cae61..c48e181192 100644
--- a/doc/install/development.rst
+++ b/doc/install/development.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ available from every popular package manager. In your Conda environment,
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    conda install git
+    conda install -c conda-forge --override-channels git
 
 will get you sorted. Next, you can get a local git repository with AMUSE in it using
 
diff --git a/doc/install/installing.rst b/doc/install/installing.rst
index 2251337f8a..118cce7daa 100644
--- a/doc/install/installing.rst
+++ b/doc/install/installing.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ well. Fortunately, ``conda`` can help us here too:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   conda install scipy astropy jupyter pandas seaborn matplotlib
+   conda install -c conda-forge --override-channels scipy astropy jupyter pandas seaborn matplotlib
 
 
 Fixing MPI on Ubuntu
diff --git a/support/setup/installing.sh b/support/setup/installing.sh
index 102f6f05cf..b11933c2f2 100644
--- a/support/setup/installing.sh
+++ b/support/setup/installing.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ install_framework() {
             fi
         done
         if [ -n "${to_install}" ] ; then
-            conda install -y ${to_install}
+            conda install -c conda-forge --override-channels -y ${to_install}
         fi
     fi
 
diff --git a/support/setup/testing.sh b/support/setup/testing.sh
index c948145ea7..d47990b251 100644
--- a/support/setup/testing.sh
+++ b/support/setup/testing.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ensure_pytest() {
             printf '%s\n\n' "Please activate a conda environment or virtual environment first."
         elif [ "a${ENV_TYPE}" = "aconda" ] ; then
             printf '\n%s\n' "Please use"
-            printf '\n    %b\n' "conda install pytest"
+            printf '\n    %b\n' "conda install -c conda-forge --override-channels pytest"
             printf '\n%s\n\n' "to install pytest, then try again."
         else
             printf '\n%s\n' "Please use"