diff --git a/hbd/install.sh b/hbd/install.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# install hbd/hbc from wheel and create symlinks for hbd and hbc in /usr/local/bin
-
-set -e
-pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps --find-links https://github.com/andreas-h/heartbeat/releases/latest/download/ heartbeat-hbd
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# install hbd/hbc from wheel and create symlinks for hbd and hbc in ~/bin
+
+set -e
+if [ ! -d  ~/venvs/hbd ]; then
+    mkdir -p ~/venvs
+    python3 -m venv ~/venvs/hbd
+fi
+. ~/venvs/hbd/bin/activate
+pip install 'git+ssh://git@git.wrede.ca/andreas/heartbeat.git'
+rm -f ~/bin/hbd
+rm -f ~/bin/hbc
+ln -sf $(which hbd) ~/bin/hbd
+ln -sf $(which hbc) ~/bin/hbc