diff --git a/conf/uwsgi.ini b/conf/uwsgi.ini
index 580f1c9..4db9104 100644
--- a/conf/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/conf/uwsgi.ini
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ route-run = fixpathinfo:
 module = searx.webapp
 
 # Virtualenv and python path
-virtualenv = __INSTALL_DIR__
-pythonpath = __INSTALL_DIR__
+virtualenv = __INSTALL_DIR__/venv
+pythonpath = __INSTALL_DIR__/venv
 chdir = __INSTALL_DIR__/searx/
 
 # The variable holding flask application
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index f91e008..cde24c9 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ ynh_add_nginx_config "path_no_root"
 #=================================================
 ynh_script_progression --message="Installing Searx..." --weight=2
 
-python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "$install_dir"
-set +u; source $install_dir/bin/activate; set -u
-pip3 install -U pip setuptools wheel pyyaml --no-cache-dir
-pip3 install --requirement $install_dir/requirements-ynh.txt --no-cache-dir
+pushd $install_dir
+    python3 -m venv venv
+    venv/bin/pip3 install -U pip setuptools wheel pyyaml --no-cache-dir
+    venv/bin/pip3 install --requirement $install_dir/requirements-ynh.txt --no-cache-dir
+popd
 
 #=================================================
 # CONFIGURE SEARX
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index 8976439..ff02495 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -67,20 +67,24 @@ ynh_add_nginx_config "path_no_root"
 ynh_script_progression --message="Upgrading Searx..." --weight=7
 
 # Clean venv if it still on python2
-if [ ! -e $install_dir/bin/python3 ]
+if [ -e $install_dir/bin ] && [ ! -e $install_dir/bin/python3 ]
 then
 	ynh_regex_secure_remove --file=$install_dir/lib/ --regex='python[^/.]*'
 	ynh_regex_secure_remove --file=$install_dir/lib64/ --regex='python[^/.]*'
 	ynh_regex_secure_remove --file=$install_dir/share/python-wheels
 fi
+
 ynh_regex_secure_remove --file=$install_dir/lib/python3/site-packages/setuptools
 ynh_regex_secure_remove --file=$install_dir/lib/python3/site-packages/ --regex='setuptools-[^/.]*'
 
-python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "$install_dir"
+ynh_regex_secure_remove --file=$install_dir/venv/lib/python3/site-packages/setuptools
+ynh_regex_secure_remove --file=$install_dir/venv/lib/python3/site-packages/ --regex='setuptools-[^/.]*'
 
-set +u; source $install_dir/bin/activate; set -u
-pip3 install -U setuptools
-pip3 install --requirement $install_dir/requirements-ynh.txt --upgrade
+pushd $install_dir
+    python3 -m venv venv
+    venv/bin/pip3 install -U pip setuptools wheel pyyaml --no-cache-dir
+    venv/bin/pip3 install --requirement $install_dir/requirements-ynh.txt --no-cache-dir
+popd
 
 chown -R $app: "$install_dir"