From 31c3e436984f36e6a65ba9e071272ea2fa06c0ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Boullay <tom@famille-boullay.fr>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:11:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify backend virtual environment setup

---
 .gitignore        |  1 +
 backend/README.md | 13 +++++++------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 479aec9..52dcec6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Dependencies
 node_modules/
 .venv/
+backend/.venv/
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 7f645fb..b436c5c 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ The browser captures webcam frames, downsizes them, sends JPEG frames to this ba
 ## Setup
 
 ```bash
-python3 -m venv .venv
-source .venv/bin/activate
-pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
-python3 backend/download_model.py
+python3.11 -m venv backend/.venv
+source backend/.venv/bin/activate
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+python -m pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
+python backend/download_model.py
 ```
 
 ## Run
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ npm run dev
 Terminal 2:
 
 ```bash
-source .venv/bin/activate
-python3 -m backend.main
+source backend/.venv/bin/activate
+python -m backend.main
 ```
 
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