diff --git a/templates b/templates
index e38fe34..38021a7 100644
--- a/templates
+++ b/templates
@@ -207,10 +207,11 @@ envrc-file-mode
 
 (python "CC=\"$(nix build nixpkgs#stdenv.cc.cc.lib --print-out-paths --no-link)\"" n
         "ZLIB=\"$(nix build nixpkgs#zlib --print-out-paths --no-link)\"" n
+        "PYTHON=\"$(nix build " (p "nixpkgs#python3Full") " --print-out-paths --no-link)/bin/python3\"" n
+        "VENV_DIR=" (p ".venv") n
         "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"$CC/lib\":\"$ZLIB/lib\"" n
-        "VENV_DIR=.venv/" n
         "if [ ! -f $VENV_DIR/bin/python3 ]; then" n
-        > "python3 -m venv $VENV_DIR" n
+        > "$PYTHON -m venv $VENV_DIR" n
         "fi" n
         "source $VENV_DIR/bin/activate")