diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index f21f152b..51d0cf78 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ if [[ ! -d ".git" ]]; then
   exit 1;
 fi
 
+# Check if inside the pipenv virtual environment
+if [[ "$PIPENV_ACTIVE" != "1" ]]; then
+  echo 'Must be inside the pipenv virtual environment!';
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
 # Check if on main
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 if [[ "$BRANCH" != "main" ]]; then
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 39297db3..c0ad55a8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file = README.md
+description_file = README.md
 
 [bdist_wheel]
 # This flag says to generate wheels that support both Python 2 and Python