diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b85b926..4a889b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ mat2 is available in [Debian stable](https://packages.debian.org/stable/mat2).
 # mkdir ./mat2-web/uploads/
 # chown -R www-data:www-data ./mat2-web
 ```
+
+### Installing python dependencies
+```
+# apt install python3-venv pkg-config libcairo-dev libgirepository1.0-dev
+# cd /var/www/mat2-webn
+# python -m venv venv
+# . venv/bin/activate
+# pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
 ### Build the CSS file
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/config/uwsgi.config b/config/uwsgi.config
index 05dd9c1..726e7bf 100644
--- a/config/uwsgi.config
+++ b/config/uwsgi.config
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ die-on-term = true
 socket = /run/uwsgi/uwsgi.sock
 chmod-socket = 774
 plugins = python3
+virtualenv = /var/www/mat2-web/venv