Remote VSCode notebook looks for python on local machine path

Question

I am having trouble with my vscode and ssh connection. I have installed miniconda on my local machine at home/sam/miniconda3, and I have installed anaconda on a remote HPC machine on home/sam/anaconda3.

I have replicated conda envirenments in both using a yml file. Recently, the I keep getting errors while connecting to ssh that "python was not found". After digging for a while, I realize that when running a jupter nb, it looks for python under the local machine path (home/sam/miniconda3). Despite the case that I have selected the kernel from the remote machine path (/home/sam/anaconda3/envs/myenv/bin/python3.9).

How can I get the notebook in vscode to look at the remote path when connected to the remote machine?

Thanks heaps!