diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68d3ed1df62936dc4bc7a0491017ba2b88d65ef2..bba44c1958042622214e09c02d453bc7fca45995 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ The web application for the Hodor Project
 
 ## Quickstart
 * Clone the repo using `git clone https://git.amrita.edu/hodorsec/hodor-webapp`
-* Create a virtualenv and activate it.
-* After activating it, `pip install --user -r requirements.txt` to 
+* Create a virtualenv (see below for instructions) and activate it.
+* After activating it, `pip install --user -r requirements.txt` to
 install dependencies.
 * `./runserver.py` to run the app.
 * Navigate to `http://127.0.0.1:8080` to watch it in action!
 
-
+## Virtualenv instructions
+* To create a virtual environment, type in `virtualenv <env_name>`.
+* After it initializes, execute `source <env_name>/bin/activate` to activate the virtualenv.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 96d6b836dae89b64bf773ca7e86966cbbb434ece..50055448c0af9d0c9dbd925639d3155555121581 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ Flask-DebugToolbar==0.10.1
 Flask-SocketIO==2.9.1
 Flask-WTF==0.14.2
 Jinja2==2.9.6
-
+virtualenv