diff --git a/modules/django.py b/modules/django.py
index 16fc37a..8062b22 100644
--- a/modules/django.py
+++ b/modules/django.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ def generate_scripts(template_name, make_copy=False):
 @task
 def generate(param="help", make_copy=False):
     """
-    param can be one of settings, local, wsgi
+    param can be one of settings, local, local.generated, wsgi
     make_copy must be set to True if you want it to actually do anthing
     """
 
diff --git a/modules/initialize.py b/modules/initialize.py
index 719f4b4..4f6d55f 100644
--- a/modules/initialize.py
+++ b/modules/initialize.py
@@ -582,6 +582,12 @@ def _init_virtualenv(configuration, config, layout):
     # workon_home variable
     configuration.virtualenv.workon = config['virtualenv']['workon']
 
+    #
+    # python version variable
+    # note this is possibly stored as a float
+    configuration.virtualenv.python_version = \
+        config['virtualenv']['python-version']
+
     virtualenv_requirements = "{branch}.txt".format(
         branch=configuration.project.branch)
 
@@ -637,7 +643,9 @@ def _init_virtualenv(configuration, config, layout):
 
     configuration.virtualenv.paths.sitepackages = os.path.join(
         configuration.virtualenv.paths.root,
-        "lib", "python2.7", "site-packages")
+        "lib",
+        str(configuration.virtualenv.python_version),
+        "site-packages")
 
     #
     # path to the activate file for this virtualenv
diff --git a/share/templates/meta/development.yml b/share/templates/meta/development.yml
index d9d5354..5242851 100644
--- a/share/templates/meta/development.yml
+++ b/share/templates/meta/development.yml
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ project:
 rootpath: /usr/local/var/www
 supervisor:
   paths: {conf: /usr/local/etc/supervisor/conf.d}
-virtualenv: {name: PROJECT_NAME, workon: /Users/ronny/.virtualenvs}
+virtualenv: {name: PROJECT_NAME, workon: /Users/ronny/.virtualenvs, python-version: 3.11}
diff --git a/share/templates/meta/staging.yml b/share/templates/meta/staging.yml
index 418299c..6cb081f 100644
--- a/share/templates/meta/staging.yml
+++ b/share/templates/meta/staging.yml
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ templates:
     conf: {output: nginx.conf, source: unixsocket.jinja2}
     file: unixsocket.jinja2
     path: usr/etc/nginx
-virtualenv: {workon: /home/website/.virtualenvs}
+virtualenv: {name: PROJECT_NAME, workon: /home/website/.virtualenvs, python-version: 3.10}