diff --git a/examples/apache.conf b/examples/apache.conf
index b1a3ee1c..cd337c86 100644
--- a/examples/apache.conf
+++ b/examples/apache.conf
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ Define appdir /path/to/app/dir
 # The path where the app directory is. Apache must have access to this folder.
 Define wsgipath ${appdir}/wsgi.wsgi
 # The location of the .wsgi file
+Define pyvenv /path/to/venv
+# The path where the virtual environment is (the folder containing bin/activate)
 
 <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerName ${servername}
 
-    WSGIDaemonProcess "${servername}" threads=5 lang='en_US.UTF-8' locale='en_US.UTF-8'
+    WSGIDaemonProcess "${servername}" threads=5 lang='en_US.UTF-8' locale='en_US.UTF-8' python-home="${pyvenv}"
     WSGIScriptAlias / ${wsgipath}
 
     #  pass the required headers through to the application
diff --git a/examples/wsgi.wsgi b/examples/wsgi.wsgi
index 10ef4912..c9c1722d 100644
--- a/examples/wsgi.wsgi
+++ b/examples/wsgi.wsgi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ An exemplifying Apache python WSGI to a Devicehub app.
 
 Based in http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.12/deploying/mod_wsgi/
 
-You only need to modify ``app_dir`` and ``venv``.
+You only need to modify ``app_dir``.
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -11,28 +11,13 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 
 app_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-"""
-The **directory** where app.py is located. 
-Change this accordingly.
-"""
+"""The **directory** where app.py is located. Change this accordingly."""
+
 assert app_dir.is_dir(), 'app_dir must point to a directory: {}'.format(app_dir)
 app_dir = str(app_dir.resolve())
 
-venv = Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'venv' / 'bin' / 'activate_this.py'
-"""
-The location of the ``activate_this.py`` file of the virtualenv.
-Change this accordingly.
-"""
-assert venv.is_file(), 'venv must point to a file: {}'.format(venv)
-venv = str(venv.resolve())
-
-# Load the virtualenv
-# -------------------
-_globals = dict(__file__=venv)
-exec(open(venv).read(), _globals)
-
 # Load the app
 # ------------
 sys.path.insert(0, str(app_dir))
 # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-from app import app as application
\ No newline at end of file
+from app import app as application