diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index da7a2ee3..bf5a9fa2 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <component name="Black">
     <option name="sdkName" value="Python 3.11 (pwnagotchi)" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.12 (base-images)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.12 (pwnagotchi)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
   <component name="PythonCompatibilityInspectionAdvertiser">
     <option name="version" value="3" />
   </component>
diff --git a/.idea/pwnagotchi.iml b/.idea/pwnagotchi.iml
index faf8598a..67a8fbf3 100644
--- a/.idea/pwnagotchi.iml
+++ b/.idea/pwnagotchi.iml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
     </content>
-    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.12 (base-images)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.12 (pwnagotchi)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
   </component>
   <component name="PyDocumentationSettings">
diff --git a/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/auto-update.py b/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/auto-update.py
index e529e3e6..b5db680c 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/auto-update.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/auto-update.py
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ def install(display, update):
             source_path = "%s-%s" % (source_path, update['available'])
 
         # setup.py is going to install data files for us
-        os.system("cd %s && pip3 install . --break-system-packages" % source_path)
+        # first we create a new virtual environment and activate it
+        os.system("cd %s && python3 -m venv env && source env/bin/activate" % source_path)
+        os.system("cd %s && pip3 install ." % source_path)
     return True