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 # rhapsody
 Python program, based on Prody, for pathogenicity prediction of human missense variants
+
+## To use a local ProDy package, use:
+```
+import os, sys
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.realpath( 'path/to/local/prody/package' ))
+```