diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7840042..bf5a906 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 *~
 .*.swp
 .*.swo
+.*.kate-swp
 build/*
 .lock-waf_linux_build
 data/*
 
+# Environment
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0e2f30..63e183c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,3 +33,19 @@ available from pip. Most of these libraries are fairly standard, such as id3-tag
 parsing. They must be present on the target system to be used. This can be done by creating a
 [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) for python3.
 
+To create your virtual environment, do
+
+```bash
+python3 -m venv .venv
+```
+
+from within the root of this repository.
+
+Then activate the environment, and install the requirements.
+
+```bash
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+And you're good to go.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29