diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 502a9439f..5c87d0a0f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ Clone the IHP repository into the project directory. The `IHP` directory is adde
 
 ```
 git clone git@github.com:digitallyinduced/ihp.git IHP
-# only needs to be run once (do not run inside the IHP directory)
-make -B build/ihp-lib
+# Enable direnv
+cd IHP
 direnv allow
+# Go back to the project root (do not run inside the IHP directory)
+cd -
+make -B build/ihp-lib
 ```
 
 Uncomment the `configureFlags = [ "--flag FastBuild" ];` and `doHaddock = false;` lines in the `IHP/ihp.nix` for fast rebuilds, otherwise you could up waiting up to half an hour while IHP builds itself.