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 - Datenbank -> database/*
 
 ## Local setup for telegram bot
-1. create .env and set API keys etc. (use .env.example as a layout)
-2. install required libs via ``pip install -r ./telegram_bot/requirements.txt``
-3. run bot.py via ``python ./telegram_bot/bot.py``
+0.  optional: build virtual env by ``python -m venv venv``
+    ``env/Scripts/activate``
+2. create .env and set API keys etc. (use .env.example as a layout)
+3. install required libs via ``pip install -r ./telegram_bot/requirements.txt``
+4. run bot.py via ``python ./telegram_bot/bot.py``