diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b3c384..017cae5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 *.DS_Store
 chain-forge/node_modules
 __pycache__
-python-backend/cache
\ No newline at end of file
+python-backend/cache
+
+# venv
+venv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python-backend/requirements.txt b/python-backend/requirements.txt
index 8fe566f..770a5e1 100644
--- a/python-backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/python-backend/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ dalaipy==2.0.2
 flask
 flask_cors
 openai
-socketio
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+python-socketio
\ No newline at end of file