diff --git a/.travis/travis_install.sh b/.travis/travis_install.sh
index 197b501..ffb8538 100755
--- a/.travis/travis_install.sh
+++ b/.travis/travis_install.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ section_end "install.base.requirements"
 
 
 section "install.cesium.requirements"
+pip install -e git://github.com/cesium-ml/cesium.git#egg=cesium
 pip install --retries 3 -r requirements.txt
 pip list
 section_end "install.cesium.requirements"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f46ea7b..7ba22d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cesium-ml/cesium_web.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cesium-ml/cesium_web)
 
-## About 
+## About
 
 Web frontend for the [`cesium` library](https://github.com/cesium-ml/cesium). Within the browser, users can upload time series data data, extract features, fit a model, and generate predictions for new data.
 
@@ -25,36 +25,26 @@ The easiest way to try the web app is to run it through Docker:
    ```
 
 ## Running the app locally
-1. Install the following dependencies:
-
-- supervisor
-- nginx
-- postgresql (including libpq-dev on Debian)
-- npm
-
-### MacOS
-Using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/):
-
-`brew install supervisor nginx postregsql node`
-
-### Linux
-On Debian or Ubuntu:
-```
-sudo apt-get install nginx supervisor postgresql libpq-dev npm nodejs-legacy
-```
-
-2. Install Python dependencies: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
-3. On Linux, it may be necessary to configure your database permissions: at the end of your `pg_hba.conf` (typically in `/etc/postgresql/9.5/main`), add the following lines:
-
-```
-local   all             postgres                                peer
-local cesium cesium trust
-local cesium_test cesium trust
-```
-and restart `postgresl` (`sudo service postgresql restart`).
-
-4. Initialize the database with `make db_init`
-5. Run `make` to start the server and install additional dependencies, and navigate to `localhost:5000`.
+1. Install the following dependencies: Supervisor, NGINX, PostgreSQL, Node.JS.
+  1. On macOS:
+    1. Using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/): `brew install supervisor nginx postgresql node`
+    2. Start the postgresql server:
+      - to start automatically at login: `brew services start postgresql`
+      - to start manually: `pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start`
+  2. On Linux:
+    1. Using `apt-get`: `sudo apt-get install nginx supervisor postgresql libpq-dev npm nodejs-legacy`
+    2. It may be necessary to configure your database permissions: at the end of your `pg_hba.conf` (typically in `/etc/postgresql/9.5/main`), add the following lines:
+
+    ```
+    local   all             postgres                                peer
+    local cesium cesium trust
+    local cesium_test cesium trust
+    ```
+    and restart `postgresl` (`sudo service postgresql restart`).
+
+2. Install Python and JavaScript dependencies with `make_dependencies`
+3. Initialize the database with `make db_init`
+4. Run `make` to start the server and navigate to `localhost:5000`
 
 ## Dev Tips
 To execute the test suite:
@@ -72,6 +62,8 @@ Debugging:
 - Run `make debug` to start webserver in debug mode
 - Run `make attach` to attach to output of webserver, e.g. for use with `pdb.set_trace()`
 
+NOTE: Requires Python 3.5 or later.
+
 ## Standards
 To ensure that JavaScript & JSX code conforms with industry style
 recommendations, after adding or modifying any .js or .jsx files, run ESLint with
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a762365..69a04ea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--e git://github.com/cesium-ml/cesium.git#egg=cesium
+cesium>=0.8.0
 netCDF4
 peewee>=2.8.3
 psycopg2
diff --git a/tools/install_deps.py b/tools/install_deps.py
index 5e27f32..15d9386 100755
--- a/tools/install_deps.py
+++ b/tools/install_deps.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         except ImportError:
             print(("Development dependency '{}' unfulfilled. "
                    "Installing requirements.").format(dep))
-            subprocess.call("pip install -r {}".format(req_file).split())
-            sys.exit(0)
-
+            p = subprocess.call("pip install -r {}".format(req_file).split())
+            sys.exit(p)
 print('Dependencies from {} verified.'.format(req_file))