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@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Make sure you have Python 3.10 or 3.11 installed.
 (check out [`application/core/settings.py`](application/core/settings.py) if you want to see more config options.)
 
 2. (optional) Create a Python virtual environment:
+You can follow the official Python documentation for virtual environments [here](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html).
 
 On Mac OS or Linux 
 ```commandline
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ On Windows
 python -m venv venv
 venv/Scripts/activate
 ```
+
 3. Change to the `application/` subdir and install dependencies for the backend:
 ```commandline
 pip install -r application/requirements.txt