diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+export PYTHON_KEYRING_BACKEND="keyring.backends.null.Keyring"
+export PROJECT_NAME="course-template"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+export PROJECT_ROOT
+VIRTUAL_ENV="${WORKON_HOME}/${PROJECT_NAME}"
+if [ -e "${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/activate" ]; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+    source "${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/activate"
+else
+    python3 -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+    source "${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/activate"
+    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+fi