diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e8b6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+DEBUG=on
+SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
+DATABASE_URL=psql://urser:un-githubbedpassword@127.0.0.1:8458/database
+SQLITE_URL=sqlite:///my-local-sqlite.db
+CACHE_URL=memcache://127.0.0.1:11211,127.0.0.1:11212,127.0.0.1:11213
+REDIS_URL=rediscache://127.0.0.1:6379/1?client_class=django_redis.client.DefaultClient&password=ungithubbed-secret
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d30960a..6316716 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
 fail_fast: true
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v3.1.0
+    rev: v3.2.0
     hooks:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 19.3b0
-    hooks:
-      - id: black
+        language: python
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
-    rev: v1.7.0
+    rev: v1.8.0
     hooks:
       - id: blacken-docs
         additional_dependencies: [black==19.3b0]
-  - repo: local
-    hooks:
-      - id: markdownlint
-        name: markdownlint
-        description: "Lint Markdown files"
-        entry:
-          markdownlint '**/*.md' --fix --ignore node_modules --config
-          "./.markdownlint.json"
-        language: node
-        types: [markdown]
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 953f4be..9025785 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -5,20 +5,19 @@ verify_ssl = true
 
 [dev-packages]
 pylint = "*"
+pylint-django = "*"
 autopep8 = "*"
 rope = "*"
 safety = "*"
-pylint-django = "*"
 flake8 = "*"
-black ="*"
 pre-commit= "*"
 
 [packages]
-django = "==3.1.*"
-gunicorn = "==20.0.*"
-psycopg2 = "==2.8.*"
-django-filter = "==2.3.*"
-django-guardian = "==2.3.*"
+django = ">=3.1.0"
+gunicorn = ">=20.0.0"
+psycopg2 = ">=2.8.0"
+django-filter = ">=2.3.0"
+django-guardian = ">=2.3.0"
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.8"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60b25f2..1a33607 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # django-template
-My personal Django template project
+My personal Django template project.
+
+This a blank django template for my project. Build around [this post](https://victoria.dev/blog/my-django-project-best-practices-for-happy-developers/) and other find online.
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 4ce972a..b9b8ef9 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@ include .env
 help: ## Show this help
 	@egrep -h '\s##\s' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
+.PHONY: env
+env:  ## Install pipenv
+	pip3 install pipenv
+	pipenv shell --python 3.8
+
 .PHONY: install
-install: ## Make venv and install requirements
-	$(BIN) pipenv install; pipenv run pre-commit install
+install: env ## Make venv and install requirements
+	pipenv install --development
+	pipenv run pre-commit install
+	pre-commit autoupdate
 
 migrate: ## Make and run migrations
 	$(PYTHON) manage.py makemigrations