diff --git a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
index d951292..51d2d0f 100755
--- a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
+++ b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ fi
 
 INCLUDE_LIST="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/include_species_list.txt"
 EXCLUDE_LIST="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/exclude_species_list.txt"
-if [ ! -f ${INCLUDE_LIST} ];then 
-  touch ${INCLUDE_LIST} && 
+if [ ! -f ${INCLUDE_LIST} ];then
+  touch ${INCLUDE_LIST} &&
     chmod g+rw ${INCLUDE_LIST}
 fi
 if [ ! -f ${EXCLUDE_LIST} ];then
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ get_files() {
 # Takes one argument:
 #   - {DIRECTORY}
 move_analyzed() {
-  for i in "${files[@]}";do 
-    j="${i}.csv" 
+  for i in "${files[@]}";do
+    j="${i}.csv"
     if [ -f "${1}/${j}" ];then
       if [ ! -d "${1}-Analyzed" ];then
         mkdir -p "${1}-Analyzed" && echo "'Analyzed' directory created"
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ move_analyzed() {
 # Uses one argument:
 #   - {DIRECTORY}
 run_analysis() {
-  sleep .5 
+  PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3"
+  DIR="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts"
+
+  sleep .5
 
   ### TESTING NEW WEEK CALCULATION
   WEEK_OF_YEAR="$(echo "($(date +%m)-1) * 4" | bc -l)"
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ run_analysis() {
       BIRDWEATHER_ID_PARAM=""
       BIRDWEATHER_ID_LOG=""
     fi
-    echo analyze.py \
+    echo $PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV "$DIR\analyze.py" \
 --i "${1}/${i}" \
 --o "${1}/${i}.csv" \
 --lat "${LATITUDE}" \
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ run_analysis() {
 ${INCLUDEPARAM} \
 ${EXCLUDEPARAM} \
 ${BIRDWEATHER_ID_LOG}
-    analyze.py \
+    $PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV $DIR/analyze.py \
       --i "${1}/${i}" \
       --o "${1}/${i}.csv" \
       --lat "${LATITUDE}" \
diff --git a/scripts/install_services.sh b/scripts/install_services.sh
index 1d038b9..77e42e5 100755
--- a/scripts/install_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_services.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ config_file=$my_dir/birdnet.conf
 export USER=$USER
 export HOME=$HOME
 
+export PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3"
+
 install_depends() {
   apt install -y debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring apt-transport-https
   curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/gpg.key' | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/caddy-stable-archive-keyring.gpg
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ Restart=always
 Type=simple
 RestartSec=10
 User=${USER}
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/server.py
+ExecStart=$PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV /usr/local/bin/server.py
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ create_necessary_dirs() {
 
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/exclude_species_list.txt $my_dir/scripts
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/include_species_list.txt $my_dir/scripts
-  sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/homepage/* ${EXTRACTED}  
+  sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/homepage/* ${EXTRACTED}
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/model/labels.txt ${my_dir}/scripts
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/scripts ${EXTRACTED}
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/scripts/play.php ${EXTRACTED}
@@ -309,7 +311,7 @@ Restart=always
 RestartSec=120
 Type=simple
 User=$USER
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/daily_plot.py
+ExecStart=$PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV /usr/local/bin/daily_plot.py
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ install_phpsysinfo() {
 }
 
 config_icecast() {
-  if [ -f /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml ];then 
+  if [ -f /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml ];then
     cp /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml{,.prebirdnetpi}
   fi
   sed -i 's/>admin</>birdnet</g' /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml
@@ -434,7 +436,7 @@ install_services() {
   USER=$USER HOME=$HOME ${my_dir}/scripts/createdb.sh
 }
 
-if [ -f ${config_file} ];then 
+if [ -f ${config_file} ];then
   source ${config_file}
   install_services
 else
diff --git a/scripts/stats.php b/scripts/stats.php
index 3ad11f0..eb9eda0 100644
--- a/scripts/stats.php
+++ b/scripts/stats.php
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ while($results=$result3->fetchArray(SQLITE3_ASSOC)){
     $flickrjson = json_decode(file_get_contents("https://www.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search&api_key=".$config["FLICKR_API_KEY"]."&text=\"".str_replace('_', '+', $comname)."\"&license=2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6%2C9&sort=relevance&per_page=15&format=json&nojsoncallback=1"), true)["photos"]["photo"];
 
     foreach ($flickrjson as $val) {
+
       $iter++;
       $modaltext = "https://flickr.com/photos/".$val["owner"]."/".$val["id"];
       $authorlink = "https://flickr.com/people/".$val["owner"];
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet.sh
index a699670..93dd5b8 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,56 @@
 # Update BirdNET-Pi's Git Repo
 source /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 trap 'exit 1' SIGINT SIGHUP
+
+usage() { echo "Usage: $0 [-r <remote name>] [-b <branch name>]" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+
+# Defaults
+remote="origin"
+branch="main"
+
+while getopts ":r:b:" o; do
+  case "${o}" in
+    r)
+      remote=${OPTARG}
+      git remote show $remote > /dev/null 2>&1
+      ret_val=$?
+
+      if [ $ret_val -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Error: remote '$remote' not found. Add the upstream remote to your repository and try again."
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      ;;
+    b)
+      branch=${OPTARG}
+      ;;
+    *)
+      usage
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+
 USER=$(awk -F: '/1000/ {print $1}' /etc/passwd)
 HOME=$(awk -F: '/1000/ {print $6}' /etc/passwd)
 my_dir=$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts
 
-sudo -u$USER git -C $my_dir rm privacy_server.py
-sudo -u${USER} git -C $my_dir stash
-sudo -u${USER} git -C $my_dir pull -f
+
+sudo_with_user () {
+  set -x
+  sudo -u $USER "$@"
+  set +x
+}
+
+# Reset current HEAD to remove any local changes
+sudo_with_user git reset --hard
+
+# Fetches latest changes
+sudo_with_user git fetch $remote $branch
+
+# Switches git to specified branch
+sudo_with_user git switch -C $branch --track $remote/$branch
+
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-sudo -u${USER} git -C $my_dir stash pop
 sudo ln -sf $my_dir/* /usr/local/bin/
 
 # The script below handles changes to the host system
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index 912574d..148159a 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -5,18 +5,23 @@ trap 'exit 1' SIGINT SIGHUP
 USER=$(awk -F: '/1000/ {print $1}' /etc/passwd)
 HOME=$(awk -F: '/1000/ {print $6}' /etc/passwd)
 my_dir=$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts
-if ! grep python3 <(head -n1 $my_dir/analyze.py) &>/dev/null;then
-  echo "Ensure all python scripts use the virtual environment"
-  sudo -u$USER sed -si "1 i\\#\!$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3" $my_dir/*.py
-fi
+
 if ! grep PRIVACY_THRESHOLD /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "PRIVACY_THRESHOLD=0" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
-  git -C $HOME/BirdNET-Pi rm $my_dir/privacy_server.py 
+  git -C $HOME/BirdNET-Pi rm $my_dir/privacy_server.py
 fi
 if [ -f $my_dir/privacy_server ] || [ -L /usr/local/bin/privacy_server.py ];then
   rm -f $my_dir/privacy_server.py
   rm -f /usr/local/bin/privacy_server.py
 fi
+
+# Adds python virtual-env to the python systemd services
+if ! grep 'BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/' $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet_server.service || ! grep 'BirdNET-Pi/birdnet' $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/chart_viewer.service;then
+  sudo -E sed -i "s|ExecStart=.*|ExecStart=$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/server.py|" ~/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet_server.service
+  sudo -E sed -i "s|ExecStart=.*|ExecStart=$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/daily_plot.py|" ~/BirdNET-Pi/templates/chart_viewer.service
+  sudo systemctl daemon-reload && restart_services.sh
+fi
+
 if grep privacy ~/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet_server.service &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -E sed -i 's/privacy_server.py/server.py/g' \
     ~/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet_server.service