diff --git a/perl-script/provision.pl b/perl-script/provision.pl
index 7fc7454..9b558db 100644
--- a/perl-script/provision.pl
+++ b/perl-script/provision.pl
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ if( ($admin_un) = `tail /etc/passwd | grep -v "nobody:"` =~ /([^:\n]+):[^:]+:[0-
 }
 
 # Setup the virtual environment
-system("pkg_add python3 openssl rust py3-flask-0.12.3p2");
+system("pkg_add python3 openssl rust");
 printf("generating virtual enviornment...\n");
 system("su $SVC_ACCT -c 'python3 -m venv venv'");
+printf("running pip. can take up to 3 minutes due to slow compilation.\n");
 system("su $SVC_ACCT -c '. ./venv/bin/activate && python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip'");
 system("su $SVC_ACCT -c '. ./venv/bin/activate && pip3 install -r requirements.txt'");
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c6e54dd..ab683a1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+Flask==1.1.2
 sshpubkeys==3.1.0