diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 816cdb0c8f..971c336891 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ logs
 *.log
 *.mp3
 mem.sqlite3
+venvAutoGPT
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
index 97c5bac8e6..70b3ac3959 100644
--- a/docs/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -211,6 +211,16 @@ docker run -it --env-file=.env -v $PWD:/app --rm auto-gpt --gpt3only --continuou
 
 ### Run without Docker
 
+#### Create a Virtual Environment
+
+Create a virtual environment to run in.
+
+``` shell
+python -m venv venvAutoGPT
+source venvAutoGPT/bin/activate
+pip3 install --upgrade pip
+```
+
 !!! warning
     Due to security reasons, certain features (like Python execution) will by default be disabled when running without docker. So, even if you want to run the program outside a docker container, you currently still need docker to actually run scripts.