diff --git a/.whitesource b/.whitesource
index 4e0f71a..83bf601 100644
--- a/.whitesource
+++ b/.whitesource
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "settingsInheritedFrom": "mend-toolkit/whitesource-config@main"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  "settingsInheritedFrom": "mend-toolkit/whitesource-config@main",
+    "scanSettings": {
+        "configMode": "LOCAL"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/whitesource.config b/whitesource.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9c1c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/whitesource.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+python.invokePipAsModule=true
+python.path=python3.9
+python.installVirtualenv=true