diff --git a/install/archivebox-install.sh b/install/archivebox-install.sh
index c32fb67c9..f3a490aff 100644
--- a/install/archivebox-install.sh
+++ b/install/archivebox-install.sh
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ adduser --system --shell /bin/bash --gecos 'Archive Box User' --group --disabled
 
 sudo -u archivebox bash
 cd /opt/archivebox
-uv venv --python 3 .venv
-uv pip install "archivebox[all]"
-uv pip install playwright
+$STD uv venv /opt/archivebox/.venv
+$STD /opt/archivebox/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+$STD /opt/archivebox/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+$STD /opt/archivebox/.venv/bin/python -m pip install archivebox playwright
 
 chown -R archivebox:archivebox /opt/archivebox
 chmod -R 755 /opt/archivebox
diff --git a/install/babybuddy-install.sh b/install/babybuddy-install.sh
index 7fb7cf46c..472c4edb1 100644
--- a/install/babybuddy-install.sh
+++ b/install/babybuddy-install.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ mkdir -p /opt/{babybuddy,data}
 curl -fsSL "https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy/archive/refs/tags/v${RELEASE}.tar.gz" -o "$temp_file"
 tar zxf "$temp_file" --strip-components=1 -C /opt/babybuddy
 cd /opt/babybuddy
-$STD uv venv .venv
-$STD .venv/bin/uv pip install -r requirements.txt
+$STD uv venv /opt/babybuddy/.venv
+$STD /opt/babybuddy/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
+$STD /opt/babybuddy/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+$STD /opt/babybuddy/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 cp babybuddy/settings/production.example.py babybuddy/settings/production.py
 SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | cut -c1-32)
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ sed -i \
   babybuddy/settings/production.py
 
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=babybuddy.settings.production
-$STD /opt/babybuddy/.venv/bin/python manage.py migrate
+cd /opt/babybuddy
+$STD /opt/babybuddy/.venv/bin/python -m manage.py migrate
 chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/data
 chmod 640 /opt/data/db.sqlite3
 chmod 750 /opt/data