diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2876f81..189378da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ scss/assets
 .pytest_cache/
 .venv/
 __pycache__
+
+# Ignore static/fonts for now, since it is just symlink
+static/fonts
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a50ce22..de7f0cbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@
 
     ./script/setup
 
+The setup script will create a new Python virtual environment for the application to use. All of the scripts will activate this virutal envirnment automatically, but you can also manually activate it like this:
+
+    source .venv/bin/activate
+
+If you want to automatically load the virtual environment whenever you enter the project directory, take a look at [direnv](https://direnv.net/)
+
 ## Running (development)
 
 To start the app and watch for changes:
 
-    DEBUG=1 ./app.py
+    DEBUG=1 ./script/server
 
 ## Testing
 
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index b845e1ea..aee63a27 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 set -e
 
 # Ensure we are in the app root directory (not the /script directory)
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
+
+# Activate virtual environment
+source .venv/bin/activate
 
 # Install Python dependencies
 pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/script/server b/script/server
index a7006aa9..ce8dd094 100755
--- a/script/server
+++ b/script/server
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 set -e
 
 # Ensure we are in the app root directory (not the /script directory)
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
+
+# Activate virtual environment
+source .venv/bin/activate
 
 # Launch the app
-python3 app.py
+python3 app.py ${@}
diff --git a/script/setup b/script/setup
index 19a8e225..ca645716 100755
--- a/script/setup
+++ b/script/setup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # Ensure we are in the app root directory (not the /script directory)
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
 
 # Install virtualenv
 pip install virtualenv
diff --git a/script/test b/script/test
index 29918052..9a910fa4 100755
--- a/script/test
+++ b/script/test
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 set -e
 
 # Ensure we are in the app root directory (not the /script directory)
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
+
+# Activate virtual environment
+source .venv/bin/activate
 
 # Run unit tests
 python3 -m pytest
diff --git a/script/update b/script/update
index d8d785f1..db23ee2d 100755
--- a/script/update
+++ b/script/update
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 set -e
 
 # Ensure we are in the app root directory (not the /script directory)
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
+
+# Activate virtual environment
+source .venv/bin/activate
 
 # Update dependencies
 script/bootstrap