diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e625bf3..d9ace26 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,20 +14,23 @@ TARGET_MAX_CHAR_NUM=30
 ## create a virtual environment for development
 venv:
 	virtualenv -p python3 env
-	source env/bin/activate && pip install pip --upgrade && pip install -r requirements.txt
+	source env/bin/activate && \
+	pip install pip --upgrade && \
+	pip install -r frontend/requirements.txt \
+	-r backend/requirements.txt
 
 
 
 .PHONY: start_backend_server
 ## starts prefect server
-start_backend_server:
+start_backend_server: venv
 ## make sure you have docker installed and docker-deamon was up and running
 	cd backend/ && python -m uvicorn main:server --reload --app-dir app/
 
 
 .PHONY: start_frontend_server
 ## starts prefect agent
-start_frontend_server:
+start_frontend_server: venv
 	cd frontend/ && python -m streamlit run app/main.py