diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de8d296..5fdd657 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ The `.deb` installs the binary to `/usr/local/bin/nssec` and reference files (ru
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/jsrobinson3/ns-security.git
 cd ns-security
-pip3 install -e .
+sudo apt install python3-venv -y
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install -e .
 ```
 
 ### Tested On
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_placeholder.py b/tests/unit/test_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32616f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+def test_import():
+    """Verify the nssec package is importable."""
+    import nssec  # noqa: F401