diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca3b02f..7d77dab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ You should also have an Ollama account created (for the LLM), the `ollama` tool
 You must also provide an image for the script to upload to complete the visual search task. Currently, this image is named `keypress_times.png` and is located in the root directory of the project (yes, I used a random image from my keyboard analysis to do this). You may provide an image of your own, just ensure that the absolute path of the image is placed in the `VISUAL_SEARCH_IMAGE_PATH` constant at the top of `rewards_tasks.py`.
 
 Activate the virtual environment & install dependencies (you may have to use `python -m poetry` instead of `poetry`).
-You must have Python 3.14+ and Poetry installed.
+You must have Python 3.12+ and Poetry installed.
+
+If `iex (poetry env activate)` fails with *"Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Command' because it is null"*, `poetry install` did not create an environment. Run `python --version` first: an older Python leaves poetry with nothing to activate, and the message explaining that goes to stderr rather than into `iex`.
 
 Windows (PowerShell)
 ```sh
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 789f4e8..e12f1a0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 idna = ">=2.8"
+typing_extensions = {version = ">=4.5", markers = "python_version < \"3.13\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 trio = ["trio (>=0.32.0)"]
@@ -5043,5 +5044,5 @@ h11 = ">=0.16.0,<1"
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
-python-versions = ">=3.14"
-content-hash = "bea6193c41f407cdf51a6cb49dbc4c9ebd63b5e4bdf8ccc3be13cf218ff6f376"
+python-versions = ">=3.12"
+content-hash = "fd4eaf67a2a0849a8ce66dfd1ac2be20276da3d8a1454ef9d991214912a51d61"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1246ef4..43211af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Carl Furtado",email = "user0332@duck.com"}
 ]
 license = "MIT"
-requires-python = ">=3.14"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "selenium (>=4.46.0,<5.0.0)",
     "matplotlib (>=3.11.1,<4.0.0)",