diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2b3d32b..777c5f5
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
 NC='\033[0m'
 
-ok()  { echo -e "${GREEN}✅${NC} $*"; }
-err() { echo -e "${RED}❌${NC} $*"; }
+ok()   { echo -e "${GREEN}✅${NC} $*"; }
+err()  { echo -e "${RED}❌${NC} $*"; }
+warn() { echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠️${NC} $*"; }
 
 if [ "$1" = "--check" ]; then
     echo "Checking ebuild installation..."
@@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ fi
 echo "Installing ebuild..."
 
 # Step 1: pip install (use user pip if available, fall back to system)
-if [ -x "$HOME/.local/bin/pip3" ]; then
+if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ] && [ -x "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/pip" ]; then
+    PIP="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/pip"
+elif [ -x "$HOME/.local/bin/pip3" ]; then
     PIP="$HOME/.local/bin/pip3"
 elif [ -x "$HOME/.local/bin/pip" ]; then
     PIP="$HOME/.local/bin/pip"
@@ -44,17 +48,23 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-$PIP install -e "$SCRIPT_DIR" --quiet 2>/dev/null
-ok "Python package installed"
+if $PIP install -e "$SCRIPT_DIR" --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
+    ok "Python package installed successfully"
+else
+    err "Python package failed to install. Try running \"$PIP install -e '$SCRIPT_DIR'\" manually"
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 # Step 2: Find where pip put the ebuild script
 EBUILD_BIN=""
+# An active venv is checked first: pip installed into it, so any other hit is stale.
 for candidate in \
+    "${VIRTUAL_ENV:+$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/ebuild}" \
     "$HOME/.local/bin/ebuild" \
     "/usr/local/bin/ebuild" \
     "/usr/bin/ebuild" \
     "$(python3 -m site --user-base 2>/dev/null)/bin/ebuild"; do
-    if [ -x "$candidate" ]; then
+    if [ -n "$candidate" ] && [ -x "$candidate" ]; then
         EBUILD_BIN="$candidate"
         break
     fi
@@ -65,6 +75,11 @@ if [ -z "$EBUILD_BIN" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ] && [ "$EBUILD_BIN" = "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/ebuild" ]; then
+    warn "Warning: Installing the ebuild binary from a virtual environment."
+    warn "         This means its successful execution will depend on the virtual env existence."
+fi
+
 ok "ebuild binary: $EBUILD_BIN"
 
 # Step 3: Make it globally available