diff --git a/ide/docopts.md b/ide/docopts.md
index 5bc22b21..8b35feb3 100644
--- a/ide/docopts.md
+++ b/ide/docopts.md
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ OpenServerless Ide Development Utilities.
 
 ```text
 Usage:
-    ide login [<username>] [<apihost>]
+    ide login [<username>] [<apihost>] [--pin]
     ide devel [--fast] [--dry-run]
     ide deploy [<action>|--packages|--web] [--dry-run]
     ide undeploy [<action>] [--dry-run]
     ide clean
-    ide setup 
+    ide setup
     ide serve
     ide poll
     ide shell
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ Usage:
 ## Options
 
 ```
---dry-run       Simulates the execution without making any actual changes 
+--dry-run       Simulates the execution without making any actual changes
 --packages      Only deploy packages, skip web upload
 --web           Only deploy web folder, skip packages
 --fast          Skip the initial deployment step and go in incremental update mode
+--pin           Pin the current auth in the .env to check you are not deploying on the wrong user
 ```
diff --git a/ide/nodejs/build-node.sh b/ide/nodejs/build-node.sh
index 92350469..a8f77d5c 100644
--- a/ide/nodejs/build-node.sh
+++ b/ide/nodejs/build-node.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 DIR="${1:?directory}"
 ZIP="${2:?zip file}"
 cd "$DIR"
-npm install
-touch node_modules/.package-lock.json
+bun install
 if test -f "$ZIP"
 then rm "$ZIP"
 fi
diff --git a/ide/opsfile.yml b/ide/opsfile.yml
index 917c3786..75d28e86 100644
--- a/ide/opsfile.yml
+++ b/ide/opsfile.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ tasks:
             You can then use 'ops ide devel' and 'ops ide deploy'.
             You can also reopen the project with VSCode and use the command 'Reopen in Container'.
     cmds:
-      - test -e "/.dockerenv" || die "{{.MSG}}"
-      - test "$(python3 -V | awk -F. '{print $2}')" -ge 10 || die "python 3.10 or greater not available"
-      - test -x "$(which virtualenv)" || die "you need python virtualenv"
-      - test "$(node -v | awk -F. '{print substr($1,2) }')" -ge 18 || die "nodejs 18 or greater not available"
       - test "$(printf '%s\n' "$(bun -v)" "1.1.18" | sort -V | head -n 1)" = "1.1.18" || die "bun 1.1.18 or greater not available"
       - test -d "$OPS_PWD/packages" || die "no packages in current directory"
       - test -e ~/.wskprops || die "please run 'ops ide login' first"
@@ -141,7 +137,7 @@ tasks:
 
 
   login:
-    silent: true
+    silent: false
     desc: login in you OpenServerless host
     cmds:
       - |
@@ -197,6 +193,13 @@ tasks:
           config OPSDEV_HOST="$OPSDEV_HOST_PROT://$OPSDEV_USERNAME.$OPSDEV_HOST_URL"
           source ~/.wskprops
         fi
+        if {{.__pin}}
+        then
+          touch $OPS_PWD/.env
+          mv $OPS_PWD/.env $OPS_PWD/.env.$$
+          cat $OPS_PWD/.env.$$ | rg -v "AUTH_CHECK=" >$OPS_PWD/.env || true
+          echo "AUTH_CHECK=$AUTH" >>$OPS_PWD/.env
+        fi
 
 
 
diff --git a/ide/python/build-venv.sh b/ide/python/build-venv.sh
index cf94ce53..2a806a12 100644
--- a/ide/python/build-venv.sh
+++ b/ide/python/build-venv.sh
@@ -20,13 +20,9 @@ DIR="${1:?directory}"
 ZIP="${2:?zip file}"
 cd "$DIR"
 if ! test -d virtualenv
-  then virtualenv virtualenv
+then uv venv virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3
 fi
-source virtualenv/bin/activate
-pip install --upgrade pip
-pip install -r  requirements.txt
-virtualenv/bin/python -m pip uninstall -y -q setuptools wheel pip
-touch virtualenv/bin/activate
+uv pip install --python=virtualenv/bin/python -r requirements.txt
 if test -f "$ZIP"
   then rm "$ZIP"
 fi
diff --git a/ide/python/installer.code-workspace b/ide/python/installer.code-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a4554ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ide/python/installer.code-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": "../../.."
+		},
+		{
+			"path": "../../../../python-starter"
+		}
+	],
+	"settings": {
+		"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
+			"activityBar.background": "#5A0F2E",
+			"titleBar.activeBackground": "#7E1541",
+			"titleBar.activeForeground": "#FEFBFD"
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ide/util/opsfile.yml b/ide/util/opsfile.yml
index 0d30e1ba..7ff0c9df 100644
--- a/ide/util/opsfile.yml
+++ b/ide/util/opsfile.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ tasks:
       then $OPS ide python zip DIR="$($OPS -opspath "packages/{{.A}}")"
       elif test -e "packages/{{.A}}/package.json"
       then $OPS ide nodejs zip DIR="$($OPS -opspath "packages/{{.A}}")"
-      else echo "no zip environment"
+      else true #echo "no zip environment"
       fi
 
   action:
-    desc: build an action filling its zip file 
+    desc: build an action filling its zip file
     silent: true
     requires: { vars: [A]}
     cmds: