diff --git a/changes/packaging.py b/changes/packaging.py
index 7d7a48f..0f254dc 100644
--- a/changes/packaging.py
+++ b/changes/packaging.py
@@ -10,24 +10,19 @@
 
 def install():
     module_name, dry_run, new_version = config.common_arguments()
-    commands = ['setup.py', 'clean', 'bdist_wheel']
-
-    result = shell.handle_dry_run(sh.python, tuple(commands))
-
-    if result:
-        with util.mktmpdir() as tmp_dir:
-            venv.create_venv(tmp_dir=tmp_dir)
-            package_name = config.arguments.get('--package-name') or module_name
-            try:
-                print(package_name)
-                print(tmp_dir)
-                venv.install(package_name, tmp_dir)
-                log.info('Successfully installed %s sdist', module_name)
-                if verification.run_test_command():
-                    log.info('Successfully ran test command: %s',
-                             config.arguments['--test-command'])
-            except Exception, e:
-                raise Exception('Error installing %s sdist', module_name, e)
+    commands = ['setup.py', 'clean', 'sdist', 'bdist_wheel']
+    try:
+        if (shell.handle_dry_run(sh.python, tuple(commands))):
+            with util.mktmpdir() as tmp_dir:
+                venv.create_venv(tmp_dir=tmp_dir)
+                for distribution in path('dist').files():
+                    venv.install(distribution, tmp_dir)
+                    log.info('Successfully installed %s sdist', module_name)
+                    if verification.run_test_command():
+                        log.info('Successfully ran test command: %s',
+                                 config.arguments['--test-command'])
+    except Exception, e:
+        raise Exception('Error installing distribution %s' % distribution, e)
 
 
 def upload():
@@ -40,7 +35,7 @@ def upload():
 
     upload_result = shell.handle_dry_run(sh.python, tuple(upload_args))
     if not upload_result:
-        raise Exception('Error uploading')
+        raise Exception('Error uploading: %s' % upload_result)
     else:
         log.info('Successfully uploaded %s %s', module_name, new_version)
 
diff --git a/changes/shell.py b/changes/shell.py
index acd1412..1cfc579 100644
--- a/changes/shell.py
+++ b/changes/shell.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def handle_dry_run(function, *args):
+def handle_dry_run(fn, *args):
     if not config.arguments.get('--dry-run', True):
-        return function(*args)
+        return fn(*args)
     else:
-        log.debug('dry run of %s %s, skipping' % (function, args))
-        return True
+        log.debug('dry run of %s %s, skipping' % (fn, args))
+    return True
 
 
 def execute(command, dry_run=True):
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def execute(command, dry_run=True):
         try:
             return check_output(command.split(' ')).split('\n')
         except CalledProcessError as e:
-            log.debug('return code: %s, output: %s', e.returncode, e.output)
+            log.error('return code: %s, output: %s', e.returncode, e.output)
             return False
     else:
         log.debug('dry run of %s, skipping' % command)
diff --git a/changes/venv.py b/changes/venv.py
index 3e1f6c0..46e8126 100644
--- a/changes/venv.py
+++ b/changes/venv.py
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 
-import virtualenv
+from fabric.api import local
 
 
 def create_venv(tmp_dir=None):
     if not tmp_dir:
         tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    virtualenv.create_environment(tmp_dir, site_packages=False)
+    local('virtualenv --no-site-packages %s' % tmp_dir)
     return tmp_dir
 
 
 def install(package_name, venv_dir):
     if not os.path.exists(venv_dir):
         venv_dir = create_venv()
-    virtualenv.install_wheel(
-        [package_name],
-        '%s/bin/python' % venv_dir,
-    )
+    local('%s/bin/pip install %s' % (venv_dir, package_name))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e3bb9b6..d358ee7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Fabric < 2.0.0 
 coverage < 4.0.0
 docopt < 1.0.0 
 flake8 < 3.0.0
@@ -14,5 +15,4 @@ sphinxcontrib-httpdomain < 2.0.0
 testtube < 1.0.0
 tox < 2.0.0
 unittest2 < 1.0.0
-virtualenv-api < 2.1.0
 wheel < 1.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fcc46b5..ddbeaaa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
     url=metadata['url'],
     packages=['changes'],
     install_requires=[
+        'Fabric < 2.0.0',
         'docopt < 1.0.0',
         'path.py < 5.0.0',
         'semantic_version < 3.0.0',
         'sh < 2.0.0',
-        'virtualenv < 2.0.0',
         'wheel < 1.0.0',
     ],
     entry_points={