diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index aa5a5fc5d32015dc7f4c3b8b8613fd0e6880cb1f..4033f39361580b5c75206f7d20c47aeb79f22de7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ build_and_deploy_docs:
         - tests
     before_script:
         - apt update
-        - apt install -y libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb graphviz xdg-utils libcairo2-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev
+        - apt install -y graphviz libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb graphviz xdg-utils libcairo2-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev
         - wget -nv https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O /tmp/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
         - bash /tmp/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b -p /tmp/miniconda3
         - export PATH=/tmp/miniconda3/bin:$PATH; bash getting_started/getting_started.sh
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 66fb76e8023e881f2aa8abacf9ac33256e2b7f69..d015f7a6a5096b2fd55f7d4dc3ab1b6a1ff91426 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up `flatland` for local development.
     $ conda install tox
     $ tox -v --recreate
 
+    This will create a virtual env you can then use.
+
     These steps are performed if you run
 
     $ getting_started/getting_started.bat/.sh
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 80da9ccd9d646176b69826b3f2f44b2e6047c0b6..89ee0f46b7ec8fc91e3df2389916126e5bb73fc8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ conda_channels :
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements_dev.txt
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements_continuous_integration.txt
+changedir = {toxinidir}
 commands =
     make docs
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ conda_channels :
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements_dev.txt
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements_continuous_integration.txt
+changedir = {toxinidir}
 commands =
     make coverage
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ conda_deps =
 conda_channels :
     conda-forge
     anaconda
-changedir = {envtmpdir}/toxinidir
+changedir = {toxinidir}
 commands =
     jupyter nbextension install --py --sys-prefix widgetsnbextension
     jupyter nbextension enable --py --sys-prefix widgetsnbextension