diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee077445..b8b99b70 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Makefile
 *.egg-info
 /dist
 .DS_Store
+.env
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3071b8cf..0ddc6868 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def run(self):
             "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=" + ext_dir,
             "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON",
             # Has to be off to compile bindings from pip package
-            "-DBUILD_PYTHON_STANDALONE=OFF",
+            "-DBUILD_PYTHON_STANDALONE=ON",
             f"-DKENLM_MAX_ORDER={max_order}",
         ]
         cfg = "Debug" if self.debug else "Release"