diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4b5438..c08d1ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.pyc
 xcat.egg-info/
 .tmp/
+venv/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fb31c2..2836fac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ git clone https://github.com/zcash/zbxcat.git
 pip install zbxcat
 ```
 
-To install python-zcashlib from github:
+Install the dependencies. Note that this package depends on the experimental [python-zcashlib package](https://github.com/arcalinea/python-zcashlib).
 ```
-easy_install http://github.com/arcalinea/python-zcashlib/tarball/master
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
+
 Run Zcash and Bitcoin daemons locally, on whichever network you want to trade on (recommended: testnet, regtest).
 
 Make sure the rpcuser and rpcpassword values are set in your zcash.conf or bitcoin.conf files.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96bd29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+git+https://github.com/arcalinea/python-zcashlib.git#egg=zcash
+python-bitcoinlib
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 99c2fbf..dba1c34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ from xcat import version
 setup(
     name="xcat",
     version=version,
-    entry_points = {
-    "console_scripts": ['xcat = xcat.cli:main']
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": ['xcat = xcat.cli:main']
     },
-    description="Xcat is a package that creates cross-chain atomic transactions.",
+    description=("Xcat is a package that "
+                 "creates cross-chain atomic transactions."),
     author="arcalinea and arielgabizon",
     author_email="info@z.cash",
     license="MIT",
     url="http://github.com/zcash/xcat",
     install_requires=['python-bitcoinlib', 'plyvel'],
-    dependency_links=['http://github.com/arcalinea/python-zcashlib/tarball/master'],
+    dependency_links=[
+        'http://github.com/arcalinea/python-zcashlib/tarball/master'
+    ],
     packages=find_packages()
 )
diff --git a/xcat/tests/test_cli.py b/xcat/tests/test_cli.py
index 5a8cb77..7fb8367 100644
--- a/xcat/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/xcat/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import xcat.db as db
 from xcat.tests.utils import mktrade
 from xcat.trades import Trade, Contract
 
+
 class SimpleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.trade = mktrade()
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ class SimpleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_importtrade(self):
         trade = cli.importtrade('test', self.__class__.hexstr)
 
+
 class CliTest(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_findtrade(self):
         trade = cli.findtrade('test')
@@ -47,5 +49,6 @@ class CliTest(SimpleTestCase):
     #     status = cli.buyer_check_status(trade)
     #     self.assertEqual(status, 'sellerFunded')
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()