diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f61567..d8bf989 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules/
 snapshot.jpg
-.env
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+.env
+myenv/
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5dd47d8..f3019b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ Wait for few seconds (adjust `const timeout = 6000;`  if too slow), and  `snapsh
 
 This next part is better than a lot of OCR software for common tasks- in my opinion.
 
+Set up Python environment and install packages:
+```
+python3 -m venv myenv
+source myenv/bin/activate
+```
+
+```
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+
+
 Edit the following lines in `gpt4v_scraper.py`, replacing with your own website URL and then a system prompt (command to the GPT-4V API) about what to scrape for. See my example:
 
 ```
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5434043..868a781 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -842,9 +842,9 @@
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         },
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-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-1.1.8.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-PuExPYUiu6qMBQb4l06ecm6T6ujzhmh+MeJcW9wa89PoAz5pvd4zPgN5WJV104mb6S2T1AwNIAaB70JNrLQWhg=="
+            "version": "1.1.9",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-1.1.9.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-cyRxvOEpNHNtchU3Ln9KC/auJgup87llfQpQ+t5ghoC/UhL16SWzbueiCsdTnWmqAWl7LadfuwhlqmtOaqMHdQ=="
         },
         "node_modules/is-arrayish": {
             "version": "0.2.1",
@@ -1537,9 +1537,9 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/socks/node_modules/ip": {
-            "version": "2.0.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-2.0.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-WKa+XuLG1A1R0UWhl2+1XQSi+fZWMsYKffMZTTYsiZaUD8k2yDAj5atimTUD2TZkyCkNEeYE5NhFZmupOGtjYQ=="
+            "version": "2.0.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-2.0.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-lJUL9imLTNi1ZfXT+DU6rBBdbiKGBuay9B6xGSPVjUeQwaH1RIGqef8RZkUtHioLmSNpPR5M4HVKJGm1j8FWVQ=="
         },
         "node_modules/source-map": {
             "version": "0.6.1",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f0d4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+annotated-types==0.6.0
+anyio==4.2.0
+certifi==2023.11.17
+distro==1.9.0
+h11==0.14.0
+httpcore==1.0.2
+httpx==0.26.0
+idna==3.6
+openai==1.7.1
+pydantic==2.5.3
+pydantic_core==2.14.6
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
+sniffio==1.3.0
+tqdm==4.66.1
+typing_extensions==4.9.0
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