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@@ -21,16 +21,19 @@ Run with `docker run -p 4242:4242 <id>` to bind the container's port to localhos
 
 ## Running locally
 
-Open two terminals in the project root.
+Create a new virtualenv, preferably with [virtualenvwrapper](https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io). Install the
+dependencies with `pip install tornado pyzmq transitions`. If using virtualenvwrapper, issue `add2virtualenv lib` from
+the project root to add the local libraries to the virtualenv's PYTHONPATH.
 
-Issue 
+To start the project issue
 ```
 cd src/app/
-PYTHONPATH="../../lib/" python app.py
+python app.py
 ```
-in one, and 
+in one terminal, and
 ```
 cd src/components/
-PYTHONPATH="../../lib/" python event_handler_main.py
+python event_handler_main.py
 ```
-in the other.
+in another. Prepend the python commands with `PYTHONPATH="../../lib/"` if the folder weren't added to the PYTHONPATH
+permanently.