diff --git a/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/.gitignore b/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/.gitignore
index e12ba56..1818415 100644
--- a/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/.gitignore
+++ b/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ __pycache__/
 .web
 *.py[cod]
 assets/external/
+.venv
diff --git a/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/README.md b/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/README.md
index eaf9df4..9af0aca 100644
--- a/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/README.md
+++ b/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/README.md
@@ -21,15 +21,22 @@ cd reflex-llm-examples/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally
 ```  
 
 ### 2. Install Dependencies  
-Install the required dependencies:  
+Install `uv` and the required dependencies:  
 ```bash  
-pip install -r requirements.txt  
+curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+exec bash
+uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate && uv pip sync pyproject.toml
 ```  
 
+You might have to install `unzip` as well.
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install unzip -y
+```
+
 ### 3. Pull and Run DeepSeek-r1 Using Ollama  
 Download and set up the DeepSeek-r1 model locally:  
 ```bash  
-ollama pull deepseek-r1:1.5
+ollama pull deepseek-r1:1.5b
 ```  
 
 ### 4. Run the Reflex App  
diff --git a/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/pyproject.toml b/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14592c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[project]
+name = "chat-w-deepseek-r1-locally"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Chat with DeepSeek-r1 locally"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dependencies = [
+    "llama-index>=0.12.12",
+    "llama-index-embeddings-huggingface>=0.5.1",
+    "llama-index-llms-ollama>=0.5.0",
+    "ollama>=0.4.7",
+    "pydantic>=2.10.5",
+    "reflex>=0.6.8",
+    "unzip>=1.0.0",
+]
diff --git a/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/requirements.txt b/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 91700cb..0000000
--- a/chat_with_deepseek_r1_locally/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-reflex>=0.6.7
-ollama==0.4.5
-llama_index
-llama-index-embeddings-huggingface
-llama-index-llms-ollama