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@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Give the user permissions: `chown -R recipes:www-data /var/www/recipes`
 
 Create virtual env: `python3 -m venv /var/www/recipes`
 
+Activate virtual env: `source /var/www/recipes/bin/activate`
+
 Install Javascript Tools (nodejs >= 12 required)
 ```shell
 ### Just use one of these possibilites!