diff --git a/etl/README.md b/etl/README.md
index 37db7f61..6bfdb016 100644
--- a/etl/README.md
+++ b/etl/README.md
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ export PGDATABASE=<colouringlondondb>
 Extract the new MasterMap data (this step could take a while).
 
 ```bash
+cd ~/colouring-london
 sudo ./extract_mastermap.sh /path/to/mastermap_dir
 ```
 
@@ -142,3 +143,28 @@ Load all new building outlines. This step will only add geometries that are not
 ```bash
 ./load_geometries.sh /path/to/mastermap_dir
 ```
+
+Create a virtual environment for python in the `etl` folder of your repository. In the following example we have name the virtual environment *colouringlondon* but it can have any name.
+
+```bash
+pyvenv colouringlondon
+```
+
+Activate the virtual environment so we can install python packages into it.
+
+```bash
+source colouringlondon/bin/activate
+```
+
+Install python pip package manager and related tools.
+
+```bash
+pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
+```
+
+Install the required python packages.
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
diff --git a/etl/requirements.txt b/etl/requirements.txt
index 2623c138..fd1fbde9 100644
--- a/etl/requirements.txt
+++ b/etl/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ psycopg2==2.7.5
 shapely==1.7
 retrying==1.3.3
 requests==2.23.0
-convertbng==0.6.37
+convertbng==0.6.25
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