diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index e6d8842..dff42e3 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ Follow the instructions contained in the file to fill out your settings.
 
 Python3, Django, and Database setup
 -----------------------------------
-We are now using Django 2.2.19 
-We are installing with python3.7
+We are now using Django 2.2.19 and will move to 3.2 shortly
+We are installing with python3.9
 
 Install Django using pip, not with apt, on your test system.
 Conventionally on our main master expo server we install everything that we can as debian packages, not using pip.
diff --git a/requirements-p39.txt b/requirements-d22p39.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from requirements-p39.txt
rename to requirements-d22p39.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b515f7..ff5b804 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 asgiref==3.3.4
 confusable-homoglyphs==3.2.0
 coverage==5.5
-Django==3.2.12
+Django==3.2
 docutils==0.14
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 Pillow==9.0.1
diff --git a/venv-trog.sh b/venv-trog.sh
index 73ecc42..9c7eae8 100644
--- a/venv-trog.sh
+++ b/venv-trog.sh
@@ -4,32 +4,44 @@ echo 'Run this in a terminal in the troggle directory: "bash venv-trog.sh"'
 
 # Expects an Ubuntu 20.04 relatively clean install.
 # Running using SQLite 3.31.1 2020-01-27 19:55:54
+# Many permissions conflicts under WSL2 mean more sudo needed
 
 # If you have not already installed these on your clean Ubuntu install DO THIS FIRST
-# /usr/bin/python : ensure python is an alias for python3 not python2.7
+# /usr/bin/python --version : ensure python is an alias for python3 not python2.7
 # sudo apt install sqlite3
-# sudo apt install python3-pip
+# sudo apt install python3-pip  # this installs a shed-load of other stuff: binutils etc.
 # sudo apt install python3.9
+# sudo apt install python3.9-venv
+# sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.9 1
+
+# on WSL there is an oddity that creating a venv trips over a PowerShell permissions issue
+
+# and of course:
+# sudo apt update
+# sudo apt dist-upgrade
 
 # On a clean debian 11 (bullseye) installation with Xfce & ssh, 
 # as debian does not install everything that ubuntu does, you need:
 # sudo usermod -a -G sudo expo # to put expo in sudoers group, re-login required
 # sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.9 1
 # sudo apt install python3-pip
-# sudo apt piinstall python3-venv
+# sudo apt install python3-venv
 
 # copy this file and requirements.txt into the directory above where you want to install the VENV
-VENAME=d4 # python3.9 and django 4
+VENAME=dj32 # python3.9 and django 3.2
 
 if [ -d requirements.txt ]; then
   echo "No requirements.txt found. Copy it from your most recent installation."
   exit 1
 fi
 
+python --version
+
+# LOOK HERE: we go up a level so that /$VENAME is parallel to /troggle
 cd ..
 if [ ! -d $VENAME ]; then
   echo "### Creating venv $VENAME"
-  python3.9 -m venv $VENAME
+  sudo python -m venv $VENAME
 else 
   echo "/$VENAME/ already exists ! Delete it first."
   exit 1
@@ -39,8 +51,10 @@ fi
 echo "### Activating $VENAME"
 cd $VENAME
 source bin/activate
+echo "### Activated."
   # update local version of pip, more recent than OS version
   # debian bullseye installs pip 20.3.4 which barfs, we want >22.0.3
+echo "### installing later version of pip inside $VENAME"
 python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
 PIP=pip
@@ -52,8 +66,7 @@ ln -s ../expoweb expoweb
 ln -s ../troggle troggle
 ln -s ../loser loser
 ln -s ../drawings drawings
-ln -s /mnt/f/expofiles expofiles
-ln -s ../expowebcache expowebcache
+ln -s ../expofiles expofiles
 
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