diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a662e7d..07671de 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN apk --no-cache add ${BUILD_PACKAGES} && \
     python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install -U pip && \
     python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install virtualenv && \
-    python3 -m virtualenv env && \
-    source env/bin/activate && \
+    python3 -m virtualenv .env && \
+    source .env/bin/activate && \
     python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install -r requirements.txt && \
     apk del ${BUILD_PACKAGES}
 COPY . .
diff --git a/algo b/algo
index 260c0e6..a066e3f 100755
--- a/algo
+++ b/algo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 if [ -z ${VIRTUAL_ENV+x} ]
 then
-  ACTIVATE_SCRIPT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )/env/bin/activate"
+  ACTIVATE_SCRIPT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )/.env/bin/activate"
   if [ -f "$ACTIVATE_SCRIPT" ]
   then
     # shellcheck source=/dev/null
diff --git a/algo-showenv.sh b/algo-showenv.sh
index f478285..0fe2262 100755
--- a/algo-showenv.sh
+++ b/algo-showenv.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fi
 if [[ -x ./.env/bin/python3 ]]; then
     ./.env/bin/python3 --version 2>&1
 elif [[ -f ./algo ]]; then
-    echo "env/bin/python3 not found: has 'python3 -m virtualenv ...' been run?"
+    echo ".env/bin/python3 not found: has 'python3 -m virtualenv ...' been run?"
 fi
 
 # Just print out all command line arguments, which are expected
diff --git a/tests/local-deploy.sh b/tests/local-deploy.sh
index f2d073b..71458a1 100755
--- a/tests/local-deploy.sh
+++ b/tests/local-deploy.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DEPLOY_ARGS="provider=local server=10.0.8.100 ssh_user=ubuntu endpoint=10.0.8.10
 
 if [ "${DEPLOY}" == "docker" ]
 then
-  docker run -it -v $(pwd)/config.cfg:/algo/config.cfg -v ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh -v $(pwd)/configs:/algo/configs -e "DEPLOY_ARGS=${DEPLOY_ARGS}" travis/algo /bin/sh -c "chown -R root: /root/.ssh && chmod -R 600 /root/.ssh && source env/bin/activate && ansible-playbook main.yml -e \"${DEPLOY_ARGS}\" --skip-tags apparmor"
+  docker run -it -v $(pwd)/config.cfg:/algo/config.cfg -v ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh -v $(pwd)/configs:/algo/configs -e "DEPLOY_ARGS=${DEPLOY_ARGS}" travis/algo /bin/sh -c "chown -R root: /root/.ssh && chmod -R 600 /root/.ssh && source .env/bin/activate && ansible-playbook main.yml -e \"${DEPLOY_ARGS}\" --skip-tags apparmor"
 else
   ansible-playbook main.yml -e "${DEPLOY_ARGS}" --skip-tags apparmor
 fi
diff --git a/tests/update-users.sh b/tests/update-users.sh
index 8c76ba1..6f561cd 100755
--- a/tests/update-users.sh
+++ b/tests/update-users.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ USER_ARGS="{ 'server': '10.0.8.100', 'users': ['desktop', 'user1', 'user2'], 'lo
 
 if [ "${DEPLOY}" == "docker" ]
 then
-  docker run -it -v $(pwd)/config.cfg:/algo/config.cfg -v ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh -v $(pwd)/configs:/algo/configs -e "USER_ARGS=${USER_ARGS}" travis/algo /bin/sh -c "chown -R root: /root/.ssh && chmod -R 600 /root/.ssh && source env/bin/activate && ansible-playbook users.yml -e \"${USER_ARGS}\" -t update-users"
+  docker run -it -v $(pwd)/config.cfg:/algo/config.cfg -v ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh -v $(pwd)/configs:/algo/configs -e "USER_ARGS=${USER_ARGS}" travis/algo /bin/sh -c "chown -R root: /root/.ssh && chmod -R 600 /root/.ssh && source .env/bin/activate && ansible-playbook users.yml -e \"${USER_ARGS}\" -t update-users"
 else
   ansible-playbook users.yml -e "${USER_ARGS}" -t update-users
 fi