diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9de4ff38..0d114c2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -147,4 +147,5 @@ migration/content/**/*.md
 *.csv
 dev-server.pid
 backups/
-poetry.lock
\ No newline at end of file
+poetry.lock
+.venv
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2074d768..853b1ba5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ apt install redis nginx
 ```
 
 Then run nginx, redis and API server
-```
-redis-server
-poetry env use 3.12
-poetry install
-poetry run python server.py dev
+
+```shell
+mkdir .venv
+python3.12 -m venv .venv
+poetry env use .venv/bin/python3.12
+poetry update
+poetry run python server.py
 ```
 ## Services
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db97a9e5..2d37b0de 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,3 +68,9 @@ select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F"]
 ignore = []
 line-length = 120
 target-version = "py312"
+
+
+[tool.pyright]
+venvPath = "."
+venv = ".venv"
+include = ["."]