diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88e6ded3..43c249ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ A React + Redux web application for exploring large scale single cell RNA sequen
 
 #### To use with virtual env for python (optional, but recommended)
 
-    python3 -m venv <env name>
-    source <env name>/bin/activate
+    ENV_NAME=cellxgene
+    python3 -m venv ${ENV_NAME}
+    source ${ENV_NAME}/bin/activate
 
 #### install server
 
-    python setup.py install
+    python3 setup.py install
 
 #### run (with demo data)
 
diff --git a/server/app/app.py b/server/app/app.py
index 3bc4f981..4cd08ce4 100644
--- a/server/app/app.py
+++ b/server/app/app.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Compress(app)
 CORS(app)
 
 # Config
-CXG_DIR = os.environ.get("CXG_DIRECTORY", default="/Users/charlotteweaver/Documents/Git/cxg-v2/data/")
+CXG_DIR = os.environ.get("CXG_DIRECTORY", default="example-dataset/")
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("CXG_SECRET_KEY", default="SparkleAndShine")
 ENGINE = os.environ.get("CXG_ENGINE", default="scanpy")
 TITLE = os.environ.get("DATASET_TITLE", default="PBMC 3K")