diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3464da..ccca263 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ viv remove $(viv list -q)
 
 # Standalone Viv
 
+*Requires* `python>=3.8`
+
 Supposing you want to increase the portability of your script while still employing `viv`.
 
 The below function can be freely pasted at the top of your scripts and requires
@@ -91,27 +93,28 @@ The only part necessary to modify if copied verbatim from below is the call to `
 
 output of `viv freeze rich --standalone`:
 ```python
+
 # <<<<< auto-generated by daylinmorgan/viv (v.22.12a3)
 # fmt: off
-def _viv_activate(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:                             # noqa
-    i,s,m,e,spec=__import__,str,map,lambda x: True if x else False, [*pkgs]                                 # noqa
-    if not {*m(type,pkgs)}=={s}: raise ValueError(f"spec: {pkgs} is invalid")                               # noqa
-    ge,sys,P,ew=i("os").getenv,i("sys"),i("pathlib").Path,i("sys").stderr.write                             # noqa
-    (cache:=(P(ge("XDG_CACHE_HOME",P.home()/".cache"))/"viv"/"venvs")).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)   # noqa
-    ((hash:=i("hashlib").sha256()).update((s(spec)+                                                         # noqa
-     (((exe:=s(P(i("sys").executable).resolve()) if track_exe else "N/A")))).encode()))                     # noqa
-    if (env:=cache/(name if name else (_id:=hash.hexdigest()))) not in cache.glob("*/") or ge("VIV_FORCE"): # noqa
-        v=e(ge("VIV_VERBOSE"));ew(f"generating new vivenv -> {env.name}\n")                                 # noqa
-        i("venv").EnvBuilder(with_pip=True,clear=True).create(env)                                          # noqa
-        with (env/"pip.conf").open("w") as f:f.write("[global]\ndisable-pip-version-check=true")            # noqa
-        if (p:=i("subprocess").run([env/"bin"/"pip","install","--force-reinstall",*spec],text=True,         # noqa
-            stdout=(-1,None)[v],stderr=(-2,None)[v])).returncode!=0:                                        # noqa
-            if env.is_dir():i("shutil").rmtree(env)                                                         # noqa
-            ew(f"pip had non zero exit ({p.returncode})\n{p.stdout}\n");sys.exit(p.returncode)              # noqa
-        with (env/"viv-info.json").open("w") as f:                                                          # noqa
-            i("json").dump({"created":s(i("datetime").datetime.today()),"id":_id,"spec":spec,"exe":exe},f)  # noqa
-    sys.path = [p for p in (*sys.path,s(*(env/"lib").glob("py*/si*"))) if p!=i("site").USER_SITE]           # noqa
-_viv_activate("markdown-it-py==2.2.0", "mdurl==0.1.2", "Pygments==2.14.0", "rich==13.3.2")                  # noqa
+def _viv_activate(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:                               # noqa
+    i,s,m,e,spec=__import__,str,map,lambda x: True if x else False,[*pkgs]                                    # noqa
+    if not {*m(type,pkgs)}=={s}: raise ValueError(f"spec: {pkgs} is invalid")                                 # noqa
+    ge,sys,P,ew=i("os").getenv,i("sys"),i("pathlib").Path,i("sys").stderr.write                               # noqa
+    (cache:=(P(ge("XDG_CACHE_HOME",P.home()/".cache"))/"viv"/"venvs")).mkdir(parents=True,exist_ok=True)      # noqa
+    ((sha256:=i("hashlib").sha256()).update((s(spec)+                                                         # noqa
+     (((exe:=s(P(i("sys").executable).resolve()) if track_exe else "N/A")))).encode()))                       # noqa
+    if (env:=cache/(name if name else (_id:=sha256.hexdigest()))) not in cache.glob("*/") or ge("VIV_FORCE"): # noqa
+        v=e(ge("VIV_VERBOSE"));ew(f"generating new vivenv -> {env.name}\n")                                   # noqa
+        i("venv").EnvBuilder(with_pip=True,clear=True).create(env)                                            # noqa
+        with (env/"pip.conf").open("w") as f:f.write("[global]\ndisable-pip-version-check=true")              # noqa
+        if (p:=i("subprocess").run([env/"bin"/"pip","install","--force-reinstall",*spec],text=True,           # noqa
+            stdout=(-1,None)[v],stderr=(-2,None)[v])).returncode!=0:                                          # noqa
+            if env.is_dir():i("shutil").rmtree(env)                                                           # noqa
+            ew(f"pip had non zero exit ({p.returncode})\n{p.stdout}\n");sys.exit(p.returncode)                # noqa
+        with (env/"viv-info.json").open("w") as f:                                                            # noqa
+            i("json").dump({"created":s(i("datetime").datetime.today()),"id":_id,"spec":spec,"exe":exe},f)    # noqa
+    sys.path = [p for p in (*sys.path,s(*(env/"lib").glob("py*/si*"))) if p!=i("site").USER_SITE]             # noqa
+_viv_activate("markdown-it-py==2.2.0", "mdurl==0.1.2", "Pygments==2.14.0", "rich==13.3.2")                    # noqa
 # fmt: on
 # >>>>> code golfed with <3
 ```
diff --git a/examples/standalone.py b/examples/standalone.py
index 2f6d1c0..2c672be 100644
--- a/examples/standalone.py
+++ b/examples/standalone.py
@@ -2,28 +2,29 @@
 
 # <<<<< auto-generated by daylinmorgan/viv (v.22.12a3)
 # fmt: off
-def _viv_activate(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:                             # noqa
-    i,s,m,e,spec=__import__,str,map,lambda x: True if x else False, [*pkgs]                                 # noqa
-    if not {*m(type,pkgs)}=={s}: raise ValueError(f"spec: {pkgs} is invalid")                               # noqa
-    ge,sys,P,ew=i("os").getenv,i("sys"),i("pathlib").Path,i("sys").stderr.write                             # noqa
-    (cache:=(P(ge("XDG_CACHE_HOME",P.home()/".cache"))/"viv"/"venvs")).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)   # noqa
-    ((hash:=i("hashlib").sha256()).update((s(spec)+                                                         # noqa
-     (((exe:=s(P(i("sys").executable).resolve()) if track_exe else "N/A")))).encode()))                     # noqa
-    if (env:=cache/(name if name else (_id:=hash.hexdigest()))) not in cache.glob("*/") or ge("VIV_FORCE"): # noqa
-        v=e(ge("VIV_VERBOSE"));ew(f"generating new vivenv -> {env.name}\n")                                 # noqa
-        i("venv").EnvBuilder(with_pip=True,clear=True).create(env)                                          # noqa
-        with (env/"pip.conf").open("w") as f:f.write("[global]\ndisable-pip-version-check=true")            # noqa
-        if (p:=i("subprocess").run([env/"bin"/"pip","install","--force-reinstall",*spec],text=True,         # noqa
-            stdout=(-1,None)[v],stderr=(-2,None)[v])).returncode!=0:                                        # noqa
-            if env.is_dir():i("shutil").rmtree(env)                                                         # noqa
-            ew(f"pip had non zero exit ({p.returncode})\n{p.stdout}\n");sys.exit(p.returncode)              # noqa
-        with (env/"viv-info.json").open("w") as f:                                                          # noqa
-            i("json").dump({"created":s(i("datetime").datetime.today()),"id":_id,"spec":spec,"exe":exe},f)  # noqa
-    sys.path = [p for p in (*sys.path,s(*(env/"lib").glob("py*/si*"))) if p!=i("site").USER_SITE]           # noqa
-_viv_activate("pyfiglet==0.8.post1")                                                                        # noqa
+def _viv_activate(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:                               # noqa
+    i,s,m,e,spec=__import__,str,map,lambda x: True if x else False,[*pkgs]                                    # noqa
+    if not {*m(type,pkgs)}=={s}: raise ValueError(f"spec: {pkgs} is invalid")                                 # noqa
+    ge,sys,P,ew=i("os").getenv,i("sys"),i("pathlib").Path,i("sys").stderr.write                               # noqa
+    (cache:=(P(ge("XDG_CACHE_HOME",P.home()/".cache"))/"viv"/"venvs")).mkdir(parents=True,exist_ok=True)      # noqa
+    ((sha256:=i("hashlib").sha256()).update((s(spec)+                                                         # noqa
+     (((exe:=s(P(i("sys").executable).resolve()) if track_exe else "N/A")))).encode()))                       # noqa
+    if (env:=cache/(name if name else (_id:=sha256.hexdigest()))) not in cache.glob("*/") or ge("VIV_FORCE"): # noqa
+        v=e(ge("VIV_VERBOSE"));ew(f"generating new vivenv -> {env.name}\n")                                   # noqa
+        i("venv").EnvBuilder(with_pip=True,clear=True).create(env)                                            # noqa
+        with (env/"pip.conf").open("w") as f:f.write("[global]\ndisable-pip-version-check=true")              # noqa
+        if (p:=i("subprocess").run([env/"bin"/"pip","install","--force-reinstall",*spec],text=True,           # noqa
+            stdout=(-1,None)[v],stderr=(-2,None)[v])).returncode!=0:                                          # noqa
+            if env.is_dir():i("shutil").rmtree(env)                                                           # noqa
+            ew(f"pip had non zero exit ({p.returncode})\n{p.stdout}\n");sys.exit(p.returncode)                # noqa
+        with (env/"viv-info.json").open("w") as f:                                                            # noqa
+            i("json").dump({"created":s(i("datetime").datetime.today()),"id":_id,"spec":spec,"exe":exe},f)    # noqa
+    sys.path = [p for p in (*sys.path,s(*(env/"lib").glob("py*/si*"))) if p!=i("site").USER_SITE]             # noqa
+_viv_activate("pyfiglet==0.8.post1")                                                                          # noqa
 # fmt: on
 # >>>>> code golfed with <3
 
+
 from pyfiglet import Figlet
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/src/viv/viv.py b/src/viv/viv.py
index 92b00ff..874ba63 100755
--- a/src/viv/viv.py
+++ b/src/viv/viv.py
@@ -487,13 +487,13 @@ STANDALONE_TEMPLATE = r"""
 
 STANDALONE_TEMPLATE_ACTIVATE = r"""
 def _viv_activate(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:
-    i,s,m,e,spec=__import__,str,map,lambda x: True if x else False, [*pkgs]
+    i,s,m,e,spec=__import__,str,map,lambda x: True if x else False,[*pkgs]
     if not {{*m(type,pkgs)}}=={{s}}: raise ValueError(f"spec: {{pkgs}} is invalid")
     ge,sys,P,ew=i("os").getenv,i("sys"),i("pathlib").Path,i("sys").stderr.write
-    (cache:=(P(ge("XDG_CACHE_HOME",P.home()/".cache"))/"viv"/"venvs")).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    ((hash:=i("hashlib").sha256()).update((s(spec)+
+    (cache:=(P(ge("XDG_CACHE_HOME",P.home()/".cache"))/"viv"/"venvs")).mkdir(parents=True,exist_ok=True)
+    ((sha256:=i("hashlib").sha256()).update((s(spec)+
      (((exe:=s(P(i("sys").executable).resolve()) if track_exe else "N/A")))).encode()))
-    if (env:=cache/(name if name else (_id:=hash.hexdigest()))) not in cache.glob("*/") or ge("VIV_FORCE"):
+    if (env:=cache/(name if name else (_id:=sha256.hexdigest()))) not in cache.glob("*/") or ge("VIV_FORCE"):
         v=e(ge("VIV_VERBOSE"));ew(f"generating new vivenv -> {{env.name}}\n")
         i("venv").EnvBuilder(with_pip=True,clear=True).create(env)
         with (env/"pip.conf").open("w") as f:f.write("[global]\ndisable-pip-version-check=true")