diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 131ac3e..8e0dfb0 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 
 # installation instructions for the short-attention-span user like me
 
+mkdir -p ~/.aprsd
 
 cd ~
-virtualenv .venv
-cd .venv/
-source ./activate
+virtualenv .venv_aprsd
+cd .venv_aprsd/
+source ./bin/activate
 
-cd /tmp
+mkdir ~/aprsd2
+cd ~/aprsd2
 git clone https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd.git
 cd aprsd
 pip install .
-cd ~/.venv
-
-mkdir -p ~/.aprsd
+cd ~/.venv_aprsd
 
 ./bin/aprsd  # generates a config.yml template on first run