diff --git a/install/adventurelog-install.sh b/install/adventurelog-install.sh
index 1ec587ee0..ade69d13f 100644
--- a/install/adventurelog-install.sh
+++ b/install/adventurelog-install.sh
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ EOF
 cd /opt/adventurelog/backend/server
 mkdir -p /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/media
 $STD uv venv /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv
-$STD uv pip install -r requirements.txt
-$STD uv run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
-$STD uv run python manage.py migrate
-$STD uv run python manage.py download-countries
+$STD /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+$STD /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+$STD /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+$STD /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv/bin/python -m  manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+$STD /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv/bin/python -m  manage.py migrate
+$STD /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv/bin/python -m  manage.py download-countries
 cat <<EOF >/opt/adventurelog/frontend/.env
 PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://$LOCAL_IP:8000
 BODY_SIZE_LIMIT=Infinity
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ echo "${RELEASE}" >"/opt/${APPLICATION}_version.txt"
 msg_ok "Installed AdventureLog"
 
 msg_info "Setting up Django Admin"
-$STD uv run python /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/manage.py shell <<EOF
+$STD /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/.venv/bin/python -m /opt/adventurelog/backend/server/manage.py shell <<EOF
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 UserModel = get_user_model()
 user = UserModel.objects.create_user('$DJANGO_ADMIN_USER', password='$DJANGO_ADMIN_PASS')
diff --git a/install/stirling-pdf-install.sh b/install/stirling-pdf-install.sh
index a26327b9d..84d1ad90d 100644
--- a/install/stirling-pdf-install.sh
+++ b/install/stirling-pdf-install.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ msg_ok "Installed LibreOffice Components"
 PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
 
 msg_info "Installing Python Dependencies via uv"
-uv venv /opt/stirling/venv
-$STD /opt/stirling/venv/bin/uv pip install \
+$STD uv venv /opt/stirling/.venv
+$STD /opt/stirling/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+$STD /opt/stirling/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+$STD /opt/stirling/.venv/bin/python -m pip install \
   uno \
   opencv-python-headless \
   unoconv \
diff --git a/install/tandoor-install.sh b/install/tandoor-install.sh
index 878c9fb68..aac49a877 100644
--- a/install/tandoor-install.sh
+++ b/install/tandoor-install.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ $STD git clone https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes -b master /opt/tandoor
 mkdir -p /opt/tandoor/{config,api,mediafiles,staticfiles}
 cd /opt/tandoor
 $STD uv venv /opt/tandoor/.venv
-$STD uv pip install -r requirements.txt
+$STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+$STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+$STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 cd /opt/tandoor/vue
 $STD yarn install
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ sed -i -e "s|SECRET_KEY=.*|SECRET_KEY=$secret_key|g" \
   -e "s|POSTGRES_USER=.*|POSTGRES_USER=$DB_USER|g" \
   -e "\$a\STATIC_URL=/staticfiles/" /opt/tandoor/.env
 cd /opt/tandoor
-$STD uv run python version.py
+$STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python -m version.py
 msg_ok "Installed Tandoor"
 
 msg_info "Install/Set up PostgreSQL Database"
@@ -78,9 +80,9 @@ echo -e "Tandoor Database Name: \e[32m$DB_NAME\e[0m" >>~/tandoor.creds
 echo -e "Tandoor Database User: \e[32m$DB_USER\e[0m" >>~/tandoor.creds
 echo -e "Tandoor Database Password: \e[32m$DB_PASS\e[0m" >>~/tandoor.creds
 export $(cat /opt/tandoor/.env | grep "^[^#]" | xargs)
-$STD uv run python manage.py migrate
-$STD uv run python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
-$STD uv run python manage.py collectstatic_js_reverse
+$STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python -m manage.py migrate
+$STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python -m manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+$STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python -m python manage.py collectstatic_js_reverse
 msg_ok "Set up PostgreSQL Database"
 
 msg_info "Creating Services"