2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/docs/backend-faster.md b/app/docs/backend-faster.md
index b08e057..4d193b7 100644
--- a/app/docs/backend-faster.md
+++ b/app/docs/backend-faster.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ If you prefer to install the backend yourself (in your own environment, not the
 Install into your environment (the same one used for qwen-tts is fine):
 
 ```bash
-conda activate audiobook
+python -m venv audiobook
+source audiobook/bin/activate
 pip install -U qwen-tts
 pip install "faster-qwen3-tts[demo]"
 ```
diff --git a/app/docs/backend-qwen.md b/app/docs/backend-qwen.md
index 074004c..af5f63e 100644
--- a/app/docs/backend-qwen.md
+++ b/app/docs/backend-qwen.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ If you prefer to install the backend yourself (in your own environment, not the
 Install qwen-tts with pip into your environment:
 
 ```bash
-conda activate audiobook
+python -m venv audiobook
+source audiobook/bin/activate
 pip install -U qwen-tts
 ```
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ Whisper (`faster_whisper` or `whisper`) is used automatically to transcribe the
 ## Custom voice (i.e. built-in voice)
 
 ```bash
-conda activate audiobook
+source audiobook/bin/activate
 qwen-tts-demo Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice --ip 127.0.0.1 --port 7860 [--no-flash-attn]
 ```
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ FlashAttention provides a *small* speed boost on the `qwen` backend. It is **not
 1. Build from source (takes absolutely forever). If you run out of memory, lower MAX_JOBS until you don't.
 
 ```bash
-conda activate audiobook
+source audiobook/bin/activate
 pip install ninja packaging psutil
 MAX_JOBS=4 pip install --no-build-isolation flash-attn
 ```
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ MAX_JOBS=4 pip install --no-build-isolation flash-attn
 2. pip install a prebuilt wheel matching your torch / CUDA / Python / CXX11-ABI combination:
 
 ```bash
-conda activate audiobook
+source audiobook/bin/activate
 python -c "import torch; print(torch.__version__, torch.version.cuda, torch._C._GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI)"
 ```