diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a84406d..2e54b073 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,6 +119,17 @@ cd BitNet
 conda create -n bitnet-cpp python=3.9
 conda activate bitnet-cpp
 
+```
+
+or Python's venv module
+
+```bash
+python3 -m venv bitnet-cpp
+source bitnet-cpp/bin/activate
+```
+and install requirements
+
+```bash
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 3. Build the project