diff --git a/docs/contributing_code.md b/docs/contributing_code.md
index d0863909..ad721f8a 100644
--- a/docs/contributing_code.md
+++ b/docs/contributing_code.md
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Once Poetry is installed, navigate to the MemGPT directory and install the MemGP
 
 ```sh
 cd MemGPT
-poetry shell
 poetry install --all-extras
+poetry shell
 ```
 
 Now when you want to use `memgpt`, make sure you first activate the `poetry` environment using poetry shell: