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 To isolate your environment from the rest of the system, set up a [`venv`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html). Within the `home-assistant` directory, create and activate your virtual environment.
 
 ```bash
-$ python3 -m venv .
-$ source bin/activate
+$ python3 -m venv venv
+$ source venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
 Install the requirements with a provided script named `setup`.