diff --git a/__install__.py b/__install__.py
index 524dfed..966842c 100644
--- a/__install__.py
+++ b/__install__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ from os.path import join, abspath, dirname
 
 print("installing")
 toplevel = dirname(abspath(__file__))
-create_venv(join(toplevel, ".venv"), join(toplevel, "requirements.txt"))
\ No newline at end of file
+create_venv(join(toplevel, ".venv"), join(toplevel, "backend/requirements.txt"))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from requirements.txt
rename to backend/requirements.txt