diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Python.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Python.kt
index 03b0724..9088db6 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Python.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/Python.kt
@@ -7,36 +7,49 @@ import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.install.base.aptInsta
 import java.io.File
 
 
-fun Prov.provisionPython() = task {
+fun Prov.provisionPython(venvHome: String? = "~/.venv/meissa") = task {
     installPython3()
-    configureVenv()
-    installPybuilder()
-    installRestClient()
-    installJupyterlab()
+    if (venvHome != null) { configureVenv(venvHome) }
+    installPybuilder(venvHome)
+    installRestClient(venvHome)
+    installJupyterlab(venvHome)
 }
 
 fun Prov.installPython3(): ProvResult = task {
     aptInstall("python3-venv python3-pip")
 }
 
-fun Prov.configureVenv(): ProvResult = task {
-    val venvHome = "~/.venv/meissa"
-    cmd("python3 -m venv " + venvHome)
-    cmd("source " + venvHome + "/bin/activate")
-    createSymlink(File(venvHome + "/bin/activate"), File("~/.bashrc.d/venv.sh"))
-    cmd("pip3 install pip --upgrade")
+fun Prov.configureVenv(venvHome: String): ProvResult = task {
+    cmd("python3 -m venv $venvHome")
+    createSymlink(File("$venvHome/bin/activate"), File("~/.bashrc.d/venv.sh"))
+    pipInstall("pip --upgrade", venvHome)
 }
 
-fun Prov.installPybuilder(): ProvResult = task {
-    cmd("pip3 install pybuilder ddadevops pypandoc mockito coverage unittest-xml-reporting deprecation" +
-            " python_terraform dda_python_terraform boto3 pyyaml ")
-    cmd("pip3 install --upgrade ddadevops")
+fun Prov.installPybuilder(venvHome: String? = null): ProvResult = task {
+    pipInstall("pybuilder ddadevops pypandoc mockito coverage unittest-xml-reporting deprecation" +
+                " python_terraform dda_python_terraform boto3 pyyaml ",
+        venvHome
+    )
+    pipInstall("--upgrade ddadevops", venvHome)
 }
 
-fun Prov.installRestClient(): ProvResult = task {
-    cmd("pip3 install requests")
+fun Prov.installRestClient(venvHome: String? = null): ProvResult = task {
+    pipInstall("requests", venvHome)
 }
 
-fun Prov.installJupyterlab(): ProvResult = task {
-    cmd("pip3 install jupyterlab pandas matplotlib")
+fun Prov.installJupyterlab(venvHome: String? = null): ProvResult = task {
+    pipInstall("jupyterlab pandas matplotlib", venvHome)
+}
+
+
+private fun Prov.pipInstall(pkg: String, venvHome: String? = null) {
+    cmd(activateVenvCommandPrefix(venvHome) + "pip3 install $pkg")
+}
+
+private fun activateVenvCommandPrefix(venvHome: String?): String {
+    return if (venvHome == null) {
+        ""
+    } else {
+        "source $venvHome/bin/activate && "
+    }
 }