diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
deleted file mode 100644
index f1bcb18..0000000
--- a/.envrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-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 de64655..31d6e36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ dashboard_templates/backup_*.zip
 .idea/sonarlint/
 character.json
 .direnv/
+.venv/
diff --git a/.rtx.toml b/.rtx.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1642e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rtx.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[tools]
+python = {version="3.11", virtualenv=".venv"}
+
+[env]
+ENV_FILE = "{{config_root}}/envs/local-envs.env"
+DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///{{config_root}}/db/db.sqlite3"
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ab8199..0000000
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python 3.11.2