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@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ sudo docker exec -it portal-app-1 flask shell
 
 ```bash
 # mkdir yourself into the portal directory
-python3 -m venv venv
-source venv/bin/activate
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+# Have pipenv (pip install pipenv) installed
+pipenv install
+pipenv shell
 export FLASK_APP=portal
 alembic upgrade head # to create (and update!) the database
 flask run
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ Also, you have to set up the LDAP server in Flask. At the moment we are required
 
 ```sh
 sudo ssh -D <your_forwarded_port> -p 80 <username>@lennon.cl.uni-heidelberg.de -L 636:ldap2:636
-python3 -m venv venv
-source venv/bin/activate
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+pipenv install
+pipenv shell
 export FLASK_APP=portal
 alembic upgrade head # to create (and update!) the database
 flask run