diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7767837..b96333b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ifndef PYTHON_EXE
   $(error Unable to find the $(PYTHON) executable!)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(shell python -c "import sys; exit(sys.version_info >= ($(PYMAJ),$(PYMIN)))"; echo $$?),0)
+ifeq ($(shell $(PYTHON_EXE) -c "import sys; exit(sys.version_info >= ($(PYMAJ),$(PYMIN)))"; echo $$?),0)
    $(error Python version >= $(PYMAJ).$(PYMIN) is needed!)
 endif
 
@@ -19,19 +19,20 @@ endif
 .PHONY: pybinding install devel venv doc clean
 
 
-pybinding:
-	@+$(MAKE) -C src pybinding
+pybinding: venv
+	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && $(MAKE) -C src pybinding
 
 
 venv:
-	virtualenv --python=$(PYTHON_EXE) --prompt="(msspec-$(VERSION)) " $(VENV_PATH)
-	. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r src/pip.freeze
+	@virtualenv --python=$(PYTHON_EXE) --prompt="(msspec-$(VERSION)) " $(VENV_PATH)
+	@. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r src/pip.freeze
 
 
-install: pybinding venv
-	@+$(MAKE) -C src sdist
-	@+$(MAKE) -C src frontend
-	@. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install src/dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+install: pybinding
+	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && $(MAKE) -C src sdist
+	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && $(MAKE) -C src frontend
+	@+. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install src/dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+	@echo "Do not forget to check that $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin is set in your \$$PATH"
 
 
 devel: VENV_PATH = ./_venv
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 3b2f40b..1e727c8 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz: VERSION
 
 $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin/msspec: msspec.sh.template VERSION
 	@echo "Installing frontend command..."
-	@cat $< | sed 's/__VERSION__/$(VERSION)/' > $@
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	@cat $< | sed -e 's/__VERSION__/$(VERSION)/' -e 's#__VENV_PATH__#$(VENV_PATH)#' > $@
+	#@cat $< | sed 's/__VERSION__/$(VERSION)/' > $@
 	@chmod u+x $@
 
 
diff --git a/src/msspec.sh.template b/src/msspec.sh.template
index b6cc2ea..22ef574 100644
--- a/src/msspec.sh.template
+++ b/src/msspec.sh.template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SCRIPT_PATH="$0"
 SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$SCRIPT_PATH")
 VERSION="__VERSION__"
-VENV_PATH="$HOME/.local/src/msspec_venv_$VERSION"
+VENV_PATH="__VENV_PATH__"
 
 # Check venv path
 if ! [ -d "$VENV_PATH" ]; then