diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d53d829e..76b5cf82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 **/__pycache__/*
 *.pyc
+pyenv/*
 **/*.png
 **/.DS_Store
 **/*.parquet
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a216319..a15a2c07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
   A standard venv with Python3.11 can be created on lxplus
   via `python3.11 -m venv <name_of_venv>` and all necessary
-  dependencies installed via `pip install .` as follows`:
+  dependencies installed via `pip install .` as follows:
 
   ```bash
-  python3.11 -m venv <name_of_venv>
+  python3.11 -m venv pyenv
   source <name_of_venv>/bin/activate
   pip install .
   ```