diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce2c4d2..0198b65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 *.opus
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+/bin
+/include
+/lib
+/share
+pyvenv.cfg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/peegen4k.py b/peegen4k.py
index 2738608..624175b 100644
--- a/peegen4k.py
+++ b/peegen4k.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import argparse, os, hashlib, random, mutagen, progressbar, ffmpeg, time
+import argparse, os, hashlib, random, mutagen, progressbar, ffmpeg
 
 # get input
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 0ac106c..c697f37 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ useful for pretending you're a radio station, but you dont have enough storage s
 
 requirements:
 
-* python (wow!)
-* ffmpeg (python library and the program itself)
+* python 3.9.12 but newer is Probably Fine
+* ffmpeg 5.0.1 but newer is Still Probably Fine
+* whatevers in requirements.txt
 * some banger tunes
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cb7be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ffmpeg-python==0.2.0
+future==0.18.2
+mutagen==1.45.1
+progressbar2==4.0.0
+python-utils==3.1.0