diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4fafe6c..30add79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 /*.egg-info/
 /pip-log.txt
 /venv/
+/.venv/
 
 # Buildout
 /eggs/
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7fb2940..0ee3ffe 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ recommend using our tags/versions though.
 
 To run Pinry's tests inside the Pinry repo run::
 
-    virtualenv .
-    bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
-    bin/python manage.py test
+    virtualenv .venv
+    source .venv/bin/activate
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    python manage.py test
 
 
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