diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2fb9370..2ca38e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ dist/
 .env
 .idea/
 .DS_Store
+python/.venv/
diff --git a/electron/wakeword.js b/electron/wakeword.js
index 731df3d..6436f87 100644
--- a/electron/wakeword.js
+++ b/electron/wakeword.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ function startWakeword({ onWake }, retries = 0) {
   running = true;
 
   const scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, '../python/wakeword.py');
+  const pythonPath = path.join(__dirname, '../python/.venv/bin/python3');
 
-  const proc = spawn('python3', [scriptPath], {
+  const proc = spawn(pythonPath, [scriptPath], {
     stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
   });
   wakewordProcess = proc;
diff --git a/python/wakeword.py b/python/wakeword.py
index b23c10d..6e1f2ef 100644
--- a/python/wakeword.py
+++ b/python/wakeword.py
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ RATE = 16000
 THRESHOLD = 0.5
 
 def main():
-    model = Model(wakeword_models=["hey_jarvis"])
+    import openwakeword
+    openwakeword.utils.download_models(["hey_jarvis"])
+    model = Model(
+        wakeword_models=["hey_jarvis"],
+        inference_framework="onnx"
+    )
 
     pa = pyaudio.PyAudio()
     stream = pa.open(