diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0213917a..b93d18329 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ Dev quickstart:
 * Create a virtual env (ie jupyter-dev)
 * ensure that you have node/npm installed (ie brew install node on OS X)
 * Clone this repo and cd into it
-* pip install -r requirements.txt
-* pip install -e .
+* pip install -r requirements.txt -e .
 
 _NOTE_: For Debian/Ubuntu systems, if you're installing the system node you need
 to use the 'nodejs-legacy' package and not the 'node' package.