diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 13deb55..8706d3a 100644
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -451,9 +451,11 @@ then
   mkdir -p /var/log/FreeDMR
 fi
 chmod +x /opt/FreeDMR/install.sh
-
+apt-get install python3-venv -y
+python3 -m venv env0 &&
+source env0/bin/activate &&
 ./install.sh
-
+deactivate
 #
 if [ "$(cat /opt/FreeDMR/FreeDMR-SAMPLE.cfg | grep 'TOPO_FILE')" != "" ]; then
 sudo sed -i 's/TOPO_FILE:.*/TOPO_FILE: topography.json/' /opt/FreeDMR/FreeDMR-SAMPLE.cfg
@@ -675,8 +677,11 @@ sudo sed -i "s/www\/html/www\/fdmr/g" /opt/FDMR-Monitor/sysinfo/*.*
 # Install the required support programs
 
 sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip
+apt-get install python3-venv -y
+python3 -m venv env0 &&
+source env0/bin/activate &&
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-
+deactivate
 pip install pyopenssl --upgrade
 cd /opt/FDMR-Monitor/
 cp /opt/FDMR-Monitor/fdmr-mon_SAMPLE.cfg /opt/FDMR-Monitor/fdmr-mon.cfg
@@ -1003,6 +1008,8 @@ if [ -f "mon.db" ]
 then
    rm mon.db
 fi
+python3 -m venv env0 &&
+source env0/bin/activate &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.last_heard;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.lstheard_log;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.peer_ids;" &&
@@ -1010,8 +1017,9 @@ mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.subscriber_ids;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.talkgroup_ids;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.tg_count;"
 cd /opt/FDMR-Monitor
-python3 mon_db.py --create
-python3 mon_db.py --update
+python3 mon_db.py --create &&
+python3 mon_db.py --update &&
+deactivate
 
 systemctl stop apache2
 systemctl disable apache2
@@ -1191,9 +1199,11 @@ sudo git clone https://github.com/CS8ABG/FDMR-Monitor.git /opt/FDMR-Monitor2
 cd /opt/FDMR-Monitor2
 sudo git checkout Self_Service
 sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip
-
+apt-get install python3-venv -y
+python3 -m venv env0 &&
+source env0/bin/activate &&
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-
+deactivate
 pip install pyopenssl --upgrade
 chmod 777 /opt/FDMR-Monitor2/data
 
@@ -1273,6 +1283,8 @@ if [ -f "mon.db" ]
 then
    rm mon.db
 fi
+python3 -m venv env0 &&
+source env0/bin/activate &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.last_heard;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.lstheard_log;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.peer_ids;" &&
@@ -1280,9 +1292,9 @@ mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.subscriber_ids;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.talkgroup_ids;" &&
 mysql -u root -e "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hbmon.tg_count;"
 cd /opt/FDMR-Monitor2
-python3 mon_db.py --create
-python3 mon_db.py --update
-
+python3 mon_db.py --create &&
+python3 mon_db.py --update &&
+deactivate
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