diff --git a/ingress_server/setup_venv.sh b/ingress_server/setup_venv.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# This would create a development virtual environment
+# - uses requirements.txt
+# - install endorse itself in development mode.
+set -x
+
+echo "Creating python virtual environment."
+
+SCRIPTPATH="$( cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit ; pwd -P )"
+SRC_ROOT="$SCRIPTPATH"
+
+cd ${SRC_ROOT} || exit
+rm -r venv
+#virtualenv venv
+python3 -m venv --system-site-packages venv
+ls
+
+venv_pip=${SRC_ROOT}/venv/bin/pip
+$venv_pip install wheel
+$venv_pip install --upgrade pip
+#source venv/bin/activate
+$venv_pip install "Flask-SQLAlchemy>=3.0.1"
+#$venv_pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# TODO simplyfy dependency and submodules
+# attrs somehow was broken after gmsh explicit installation, must force its reinstalation
+
+$venv_pip install -e .
diff --git a/ingress_server/tools/manual_run.py b/ingress_server/tools/manual_run.py
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+++ b/ingress_server/tools/manual_run.py
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+import sys
+from ingress_server.worker import _process_one, _iter_accepted_files_in_dir
+
+def main():
+    accepted_dir = sys.argv[1]
+    for data_path in _iter_accepted_files_in_dir(accepted_dir):
+        err = _process_one(data_path)
+        if err:
+            print(f"Error processing {data_path}: {err}")
+        else:
+            print(f"Successfully processed {data_path}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()