diff --git a/src/wgd.sh b/src/wgd.sh
index b3e59aa..693aeea 100755
--- a/src/wgd.sh
+++ b/src/wgd.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ _check_and_set_venv(){
 
 install_wgd(){
     # Check Python3 version
-    version_pass=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("1") if (sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 8) else print("0");')
+    version_pass=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("1") if (sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 7) else print("0");')
     if [ $version_pass == "0" ]
-      then printf "| WGDashboard required Python3.8+                  |\n"
+      then printf "| WGDashboard required Python3.7+                  |\n"
       printf "%s\n" "$dashes"
       exit 1
     fi
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ install_wgd(){
     fi
     printf "| Installing latest Python dependencies                    |\n"
     
-    # set up the local environment
     _check_and_set_venv
     ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python3 -m pip install -U pip
+#    ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python3 -m pip install virtualenv
+    # set up the local environment
+
     ${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python3 -m pip install -U -r requirements.txt
     printf "| WGDashboard installed successfully!              |\n"