diff --git a/ct/bazarr.sh b/ct/bazarr.sh
index 4dec01d5c..82b8517cc 100755
--- a/ct/bazarr.sh
+++ b/ct/bazarr.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var_cpu="${var_cpu:-2}"
 var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-4}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
-var_version="${var_version:-12}"
+var_version="${var_version:-13}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
 
 header_info "$APP"
@@ -28,15 +28,28 @@ function update_script() {
     exit
   fi
   if check_for_gh_release "bazarr" "morpheus65535/bazarr"; then
-    PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
+    msg_info "Stopping Service"
+    systemctl stop bazarr
+    msg_ok "Stopped Service"
+
+    PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
     fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "bazarr" "morpheus65535/bazarr" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/bazarr" "bazarr.zip"
 
     msg_info "Setup Bazarr"
     mkdir -p /var/lib/bazarr/
     chmod 775 /opt/bazarr /var/lib/bazarr/
+    if [[ ! -d /opt/bazarr/venv/ ]]; then
+      $STD uv venv /opt/bazarr/venv --python 3.12
+      sed -i "s|ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/bazarr/bazarr.py|ExecStart=/opt/bazarr/venv/bin/python3 /opt/bazarr/bazarr.py|g" /etc/systemd/system/bazarr.service
+      systemctl daemon-reload
+    fi
     sed -i.bak 's/--only-binary=Pillow//g' /opt/bazarr/requirements.txt
-    $STD uv pip install -r /opt/bazarr/requirements.txt --system
+    $STD uv pip install -r /opt/bazarr/requirements.txt --python /opt/bazarr/venv/bin/python3
     msg_ok "Setup Bazarr"
+    
+    msg_info "Starting Service"
+    systemctl start bazarr
+    msg_ok "Started Service"
     msg_ok "Updated Successfully"
   fi
   exit
diff --git a/frontend/public/json/bazarr.json b/frontend/public/json/bazarr.json
index 2a04bf781..367b319f8 100644
--- a/frontend/public/json/bazarr.json
+++ b/frontend/public/json/bazarr.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "ram": 1024,
         "hdd": 4,
         "os": "debian",
-        "version": "12"
+        "version": "13"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/install/bazarr-install.sh b/install/bazarr-install.sh
index 39ebe8b92..cb77ba396 100755
--- a/install/bazarr-install.sh
+++ b/install/bazarr-install.sh
@@ -13,20 +13,15 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os
 
-msg_info "Setup Python3"
-$STD apt-get install -y \
-  python3 \
-  python3-dev
-msg_ok "Setup Python3"
-
-PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "bazarr" "morpheus65535/bazarr" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/bazarr" "bazarr.zip"
 
 msg_info "Installing Bazarr"
 mkdir -p /var/lib/bazarr/
 chmod 775 /opt/bazarr /var/lib/bazarr/
 sed -i.bak 's/--only-binary=Pillow//g' /opt/bazarr/requirements.txt
-$STD uv pip install -r /opt/bazarr/requirements.txt --system
+$STD uv venv /opt/bazarr/venv --python 3.12
+$STD uv pip install -r /opt/bazarr/requirements.txt --python /opt/bazarr/venv/bin/python3
 msg_ok "Installed Bazarr"
 
 msg_info "Creating Service"
@@ -41,7 +36,7 @@ UMask=0002
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/bazarr/bazarr.py
+ExecStart=/opt/bazarr/venv/bin/python3 /opt/bazarr/bazarr.py
 KillSignal=SIGINT
 TimeoutStopSec=20
 SyslogIdentifier=bazarr