diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f77014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+((org-mode . ((eval . (setq org-babel-python-command (expand-file-name ".venv/bin/python" (file-name-directory buffer-file-name)))))))
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 51a6ad4..5038677 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -218,9 +218,6 @@ flycheck_*.el
 # projectiles files
 .projectile
 
-# directory configuration
-.dir-locals.el
-
 # network security
 /network-security.data