diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index 99164809..a3feba5b 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ clean:
 # install with all deps (and setup conda env with readdy)
 install:
 	conda env update --file environment.yml
-	pip install -e .[lint,test,docs,dev,mcell,physicell,md,cellpack,mem3dg,usd]
+	python -m pip install -e .[lint,test,docs,dev,mcell,physicell,md,cellpack,mem3dg,usd]
 
 # lint, format, and check all files
 lint:
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 28cd9726..b5041a56 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - readdy
   - numpy>=1.20
+  - pip