diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e0a8f237e..2ac2a33829 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ tests/storage-compat/compatibility.tar
 tests/storage-compat/full-snapshot.snapshot.gz
 tests/storage-compat/storage.tar.bz2
 venv
+.venv
 .env
diff --git a/lib/edge/python/README.md b/lib/edge/python/README.md
index 1889e9b62c..abf5cada9b 100644
--- a/lib/edge/python/README.md
+++ b/lib/edge/python/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,5 @@ maturin develop --no-default-features
 Run example
 
 ```bash
-cd examples
-mkdir shard
-
-python qdrant-edge.py
+python examples/qdrant-edge.py
 ```
diff --git a/lib/edge/python/examples/.gitignore b/lib/edge/python/examples/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3af0ccb687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/edge/python/examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/data
diff --git a/lib/edge/python/examples/qdrant-edge.py b/lib/edge/python/examples/qdrant-edge.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 45bb3dc07a..1aa61080be
--- a/lib/edge/python/examples/qdrant-edge.py
+++ b/lib/edge/python/examples/qdrant-edge.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 import os
 import shutil
 import uuid
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ from qdrant_edge import *
 
 print("---- Load shard ----")
 
-DATA_DIRECTORY = "./data"
+DATA_DIRECTORY = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data")
 
 # Clear and recreate data directory
 if os.path.exists(DATA_DIRECTORY):
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 5b5e1c6a1e..e474b67075 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ mkShell {
     pkgs.glsl_analyzer # language server for editing *.comp files
     pkgs.gnuplot # optional runtime dep for criterion
     pkgs.jq # used in ./tests and ./tools
+    pkgs.maturin # mentioned in lib/edge/python/README.md
     pkgs.nixfmt-rfc-style # to format this file
     pkgs.npins # used in tools/nix/update.py
     pkgs.poetry # used to update poetry.lock