# Creating new masonite project using python 3.8.5

**First confirm the version**  
  
/www/server/python\_manager/versions/3.8.5/bin/python3 --version

**Setup the python 3.8.5 virtual environment**

/www/server/python\_manager/versions/3.8.5/bin/python3 -m venv <environmentname>

**Activate the envronment**

source <environmentname>/bin/activate

**Install the core Masonite framework**

pip install masonite

**Create your project**   
project start <projectfoldername>  
cd <projectfoldername>  
project install

**Run your project**

python craft serve

You can create this in the same way by switching to another Python version available on your system.