diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ac7e197..eb18e037 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 VIRTUALENV = virtualenv --python=python3
 SPHINX_BUILDDIR = docs/_build
-VENV := $(shell echo $${VIRTUAL_ENV-.venv})
+VENV := $(shell realpath $${VIRTUAL_ENV-.venv})
 PYTHON = $(VENV)/bin/python3
 DEV_STAMP = $(VENV)/.dev_env_installed.stamp
 DOC_STAMP = $(VENV)/.doc_env_installed.stamp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ INSTALL_STAMP = $(VENV)/.install.stamp
 TEMPDIR := $(shell mktemp -d)
 
 all: install
-install: $(INSTALL_STAMP)
+install: virtualenv $(INSTALL_STAMP)
 $(INSTALL_STAMP):
 	$(VENV)/bin/pip install -U pip
 	$(VENV)/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ $(DEV_STAMP): $(PYTHON) dev-requirements.txt
 	$(VENV)/bin/pip install -Ur dev-requirements.txt
 	touch $(DEV_STAMP)
 
-serve: $(INSTALL_STAMP)
-	cd budget; ../$(PYTHON) run.py
+serve: install
+	cd budget; $(PYTHON) run.py
 
 test: $(DEV_STAMP)
 	$(VENV)/bin/tox
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ build-requirements:
 	$(TEMPDIR)/bin/pip install -U pip
 	$(TEMPDIR)/bin/pip install -Ue "."
 	$(TEMPDIR)/bin/pip freeze | grep -v -- '-e' > requirements.txt
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf .venv