diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d0b60c6f..d4276fa4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ DNS domain name (FQDN), for example `chat.example.org`.
         ssh root@CHATMAIL_DOMAIN 
    ```
 
-2. Install the `cmdeploy` command in a virtualenv 
+2. Install the `cmdeploy` command in a virtualenv and activate it
 
    ```
-    source scripts/initenv.sh
+    scripts/initenv.sh
+    . venv/bin/activate
    ```
   
 3. Create chatmail configuration file `chatmail.ini`:
diff --git a/scripts/initenv.sh b/scripts/initenv.sh
index 7e96937c..dba58481 100755
--- a/scripts/initenv.sh
+++ b/scripts/initenv.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ python3 -m venv venv
 
 venv/bin/pip install -e chatmaild 
 venv/bin/pip install -e cmdeploy
-
-source venv/bin/activate
-echo activated 'venv' python virtualenv environment containing "cmdeploy" tool