diff --git a/spcd.sh b/spcd.sh
index a842fce..d08fe3d 100644
--- a/spcd.sh
+++ b/spcd.sh
@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@ index-url = ${SPCD_URL_PYTHON}
 	spcd_split
 	"${SPCD_PYTHON_ALIAS}" -m "venv" "${SPCD_PYTHON_VENV}"
 	spcd_split
-	. "${SPCD_PYTHON_VENV}/bin/activate"
+	export PATH="${SPCD_PYTHON_VENV_BINARIES}:${PATH}"
+	export VIRTUAL_ENV="${SPCD_PYTHON_VENV}"
 	spcd_split
 	pip install --upgrade "pip"
 	spcd_split