diff --git a/ide/opsfile.yml b/ide/opsfile.yml
index 917c378..c565b6c 100644
--- a/ide/opsfile.yml
+++ b/ide/opsfile.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ tasks:
             You can then use 'ops ide devel' and 'ops ide deploy'.
             You can also reopen the project with VSCode and use the command 'Reopen in Container'.
     cmds:
-      - test -e "/.dockerenv" || die "{{.MSG}}"
+      - test -e "/.dockerenv" || test -e '/.bestiaenv'  || die "{{.MSG}}"
       - test "$(python3 -V | awk -F. '{print $2}')" -ge 10 || die "python 3.10 or greater not available"
       - test -x "$(which virtualenv)" || die "you need python virtualenv"
       - test "$(node -v | awk -F. '{print substr($1,2) }')" -ge 18 || die "nodejs 18 or greater not available"
diff --git a/ide/python/build-venv.sh b/ide/python/build-venv.sh
index cf94ce5..30a7b72 100644
--- a/ide/python/build-venv.sh
+++ b/ide/python/build-venv.sh
@@ -20,13 +20,9 @@ DIR="${1:?directory}"
 ZIP="${2:?zip file}"
 cd "$DIR"
 if ! test -d virtualenv
-  then virtualenv virtualenv
+then uv venv virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3
 fi
-source virtualenv/bin/activate
-pip install --upgrade pip
-pip install -r  requirements.txt
-virtualenv/bin/python -m pip uninstall -y -q setuptools wheel pip
-touch virtualenv/bin/activate
+uv pip install --python= virtualenv/bin/python -r requirements.txt
 if test -f "$ZIP"
   then rm "$ZIP"
 fi
diff --git a/ide/python/installer.code-workspace b/ide/python/installer.code-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a4554e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ide/python/installer.code-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": "../../.."
+		},
+		{
+			"path": "../../../../python-starter"
+		}
+	],
+	"settings": {
+		"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
+			"activityBar.background": "#5A0F2E",
+			"titleBar.activeBackground": "#7E1541",
+			"titleBar.activeForeground": "#FEFBFD"
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ide/util/opsfile.yml b/ide/util/opsfile.yml
index 0d30e1b..7ff0c9d 100644
--- a/ide/util/opsfile.yml
+++ b/ide/util/opsfile.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ tasks:
       then $OPS ide python zip DIR="$($OPS -opspath "packages/{{.A}}")"
       elif test -e "packages/{{.A}}/package.json"
       then $OPS ide nodejs zip DIR="$($OPS -opspath "packages/{{.A}}")"
-      else echo "no zip environment"
+      else true #echo "no zip environment"
       fi
 
   action:
-    desc: build an action filling its zip file 
+    desc: build an action filling its zip file
     silent: true
     requires: { vars: [A]}
     cmds: