diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e92127..d268121 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The Updater ensures that the [SecureDrop Workstation](https://github.com/freedom
 
 Qubes 4.1.1 uses an end-of-life Fedora template in dom0 (fedora-32). See rationale here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-releases/#note-on-dom0-and-eol.
 
-To run the preflight updater:
+If you installed SecureDrop Updater on your Qubes machine's `dom0`, you can run the updater like this:
 1. Open a `dom0` terminal
 2. Run `sdw-updater --skip-delta 0`
 
@@ -16,12 +16,26 @@ To run the notifier that pops up if `/proc/uptime` (how long the system has been
 
 ## Developer environment
 
-Install the following packages in Debian Bullseye: `make`, `python3-venv`, `xvfb` and `python3-pyqt5`.
-
-To run the preflight updater outside of `dom0`:
-
-1. `sudo apt install make python3-venv python3-pyqt5`
-2. Set up your virtual environment by running `make venv && source .venv/bin/activate`
-3. Now you can run the updater: `./files/sdw-updater` (it won't actually update VMs unless you are in `dom0`)
-4. You can also run the notifier: `./files/sdw-notify`
-5. And, finally, tests and linters by running: `sudo apt install xvfb`, then `make check`
+Because `securedrop-updater` is used exclusively with Fedora 32 (see above), it follows that we target Python 3.8. To make development for this target more accessible, we use a containerized build and test environment. Here are the instructions to set it up:
+
+- Install dependencies for building and testing:
+   - `make`
+   - Podman (default) or Docker (or Docker compatible drop-in)
+- Install dependencies for development:
+   - `Python 3.8` (default) or any other version of Python 3
+   - (If you're on Debian/Ubuntu) `apt install python3-venv`
+- Set up the virtual environment:
+   - Run `make venv && source .venv/bin/activate` - it will automatically create a virtual environment with `python3.8` if it is available on your machine. Otherwise, it will use your systems default Python interpreter.
+   - If  used your systems default Python interpreter, install PyQt5:
+     - (On Debian/Ubuntu) `apt install python3-pyqt5`
+     - (On Fedora) `dnf install python3-qt5`
+   - If you used an alternative Python interpreter to create your virtual environment, install PyQt5 from PyPi:
+     - `pip install PyQt5==5.14.2`
+
+After installing the development dependencies:
+
+1. You can run the updater: `./files/sdw-updater` (it won't actually update VMs unless you are in `dom0`)
+2. You can also run the notifier: `./files/sdw-notify`
+3. And, finally, tests and linters by running: `make check`.
+
+For more `make` targets, please refer to `make help`.
diff --git a/scripts/common.sh b/scripts/common.sh
index a305346..b2bbc5c 100644
--- a/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/common.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 export TOPLEVEL
-PROJECT=$(git remote get-url origin | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\)\.git,\1,')
+PROJECT=$(git remote get-url origin | xargs basename -s .git)
 export PROJECT
 
 OCI_RUN_ARGUMENTS="${OCI_RUN_ARGUMENTS:-}"