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 - Ensure you have Python 3.10> and `poetry` installed.
 - Run `poetry install` to install dependencies.
-- Test that everything is working by running `poetry run xexe smoke-test`. You should see a happy pig.
+- Activate the project's virtual environment. You can use `poetry shell`.
+- Test that everything is working by running `xexe smoke-test`. You should see a happy pig.
 
 ### Set up credentials
 
 To use `xexe`, you will need to have credentials for the `xe.com` API. Specifically, you need an account id and it's matching api key.
 
-To set up your environment, you should create a `.env` file in the root of this repository. You can use the `.env-example` file as a reference. We also recommend running `chmod 400` or `chmod 600` on it for safety.
+To set up your environment, you should create a `.env` file and place it in `~/.xexe/.env`. You will have to run `xexe` as the right user to ensure the `.env` file is found. You can use the `.env-example` file as a reference. We also recommend running `chmod 400` or `chmod 600` on it for safety.
 
-Once you have done this, you can run `poetry run xexe xe-healthcheck`. If the connection to the API was successful, you will see some output telling you so.
+Once you have done this, you can run `xexe xe-healthcheck`. If the connection to the API was successful, you will see some output telling you so.
 
 ## Using
 
+Remember to activate the project virtual environment.
+
 You can use `xexe` to get rates and store them locally like this:
 
 ```bash
-poetry run xexe get-rates --start-date "2024-01-01" --end-date "2024-01-10" --output my_rates.csv
+xexe get-rates --start-date "2024-01-01" --end-date "2024-01-10" --output my_rates.csv
 ```
 
 You can also run without specifying dates. Not specifying `end-date` will get rates up to today. Not specifying `start-date` will get dates up to last week.
 
 ```bash
-poetry run xexe get-rates --output my_rates.csv
+xexe get-rates --output my_rates.csv
 ```
 
 `xexe` comes with a set of default currencies, but you can also specify the currencies you want to get data for by passing them like this:
 
 ```bash
 # Currencies must be valid ISO 4217 codes and be comma-separated
-poetry run xexe get-rates --currencies USD,EUR,GBP --output my_rates.csv
+xexe get-rates --currencies USD,EUR,GBP --output my_rates.csv
 ```
 
 The output file will follow this schema: