diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index 4c74a36..d74a90c 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,19 @@ set -e
 
 if [ "$VIRTUAL_ENV" == "" ]
 then
-  source venv/bin/activate
+	if [ ! -d "./venv/bin" ]; then
+		echo "venv not found, trying to create one"
+		python3 -m venv venv
+	fi
+	source venv/bin/activate
 fi
+
+if [[ ! $(pip3 freeze | grep pyinstaller) ]];
+then
+	echo "pyinstaller not found"
+	pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+fi
+
 version=$(cat version.txt)
 echo "current version set to: $version"
 new_version=""
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fa7597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+altgraph==0.17.4
+packaging==25.0
+pyinstaller==6.16.0
+pyinstaller-hooks-contrib==2025.9
+setuptools==80.9.0