diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 434712c..f1bcb18 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+layout python3
 export ENV_FILE="$(realpath ./envs/local-envs.env)"
 export DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///$(realpath ./db/db.sqlite3)"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed9bd4b..de64655 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ dashboard_templates/backup_*.zip
 .hypothesis
 .idea/sonarlint/
 character.json
+.direnv/
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ab8199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python 3.11.2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 471e55b..bf21b19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 ## Quick start
 Clone, then
 ```shell
-pyenv virtualenv 3.11.1 charasheet
-pyenv local charasheet
-pip install pip-tools
+pip install -U pip pip-tools
 pip-sync requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt
 pre-commit install --install-hooks
 inv test