diff --git a/download_mcdata.sh b/download_mcdata.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 20cb0af..0000000
--- a/download_mcdata.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -eu
-
-VERSION="1.16.4"
-
-wget -Omcdata.zip "https://apimon.de/mcdata/$VERSION/$VERSION.zip"
-rm -r minecraft_data || true
-mkdir minecraft_data
-unzip mcdata.zip -d minecraft_data
-rm mcdata.zip
diff --git a/run_linux.sh b/run_linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d846c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+# download minecraft data
+
+if [ ! -d "minecraft_data" ] 
+then
+	echo "Grabbing minecraft data..."
+	sleep 2
+
+	VERSION="1.16.4"
+
+	wget -Omcdata.zip "https://apimon.de/mcdata/$VERSION/$VERSION.zip"
+	mkdir minecraft_data
+	unzip mcdata.zip -d minecraft_data
+	rm mcdata.zip
+fi
+
+# create virtual environment
+
+if [ ! -d "env" ] 
+then
+	echo "Installing Python requirements..."
+	sleep 2
+
+	virtualenv -p python3 env
+	source env/bin/activate
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
+else
+	source env/bin/activate
+fi
+
+echo "Running bot..."
+
+python main.py