diff --git a/.idea/CSDiscordBot.iml b/.idea/CSDiscordBot.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 74d515a..0000000
--- a/.idea/CSDiscordBot.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
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index 105ce2d..0000000
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
-  <settings>
-    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
-    <version value="1.0" />
-  </settings>
-</component>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
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--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.10 (CSDiscordBot)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
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index ca20f3b..0000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/CSDiscordBot.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/CSDiscordBot.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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index 94a25f7..0000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf4e5b9..f3d64d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,4 +19,20 @@ Accept news for every section of a course rather than just course 001
 Assignment storage that takes user input and stores it for later
 Fill out rss information for most sections
 Accept math commands
+```
+
+### Local Dev
+
+Clone the repo, the run the powershell script `create_env.ps1`
+
+Make sure to have `git` cli installed
+
+Open powershell (preferably in administrator mode)
+```cmd
+.\create_env.ps1
+```
+
+Activate the environment at anytime using
+```cmd
+.\venv\Scripts\activate
 ```
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diff --git a/create_env.ps1 b/create_env.ps1
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index 0000000..1913547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create_env.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Make sure powershell is allowed to execute scripts
+$scope = Get-ExecutionPolicy
+if ([string]$scope = "RemoteSigned") {
+    "All is good."
+} else {
+    try {
+        Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
+        Get-ExecutionPolicy
+    } catch {
+        Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
+        Get-ExecutionPolicy
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Get the root of the repo
+$root = $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+cd $root
+
+# Create the virtual env
+python -m venv venv
+
+# activate it
+.\venv\Scripts\activate
+
+# upgrade pip
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+# install what we need
+pip install -r requirements.txt
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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