diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index feee6de..66e7f5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ datasets/labels/*
 .tmp/
 results/
 # third_party/
+third_party/
 pretrained/
 *.zip
 vis/
diff --git a/scripts/test_demo.sh b/scripts/test_demo.sh
index 4a9eb0b..1c485fe 100755
--- a/scripts/test_demo.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_demo.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Exit on error, undefined variables, and pipeline failures
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Ensure VidBot root is on PYTHONPATH
+export PYTHONPATH="/x2robot_v2/neo/VidBot:${PYTHONPATH:-}"
+
 # Check if the --use_graspnet flag is passed as an argument
 USE_GRASPNET=false
 if [[ "$#" -gt 0 && "$1" == "--use_graspnet" ]]; then