diff --git a/user/advanced-topics/bind-dirs.md b/user/advanced-topics/bind-dirs.md
index 2266d91e..c1ecb418 100644
--- a/user/advanced-topics/bind-dirs.md
+++ b/user/advanced-topics/bind-dirs.md
@@ -24,19 +24,21 @@ In this way sys-whonix can benefit from the Tor anonymity feature 'persistent To
 
 ## How to use bind-dirs.sh? ##
 
-In this example, we want to make `/var/lib/tor` persistent.
+In this example, we want to make `/var/lib/tor` persistent. Enter all of the following commands in your app qube.
 
-Inside the app qube.
-
-1. Make sure folder `/rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d` exists.
+1. Make sure the directory `/rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d` exists.
 
    ```
    sudo mkdir -p /rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d
    ```
 
-2. Create a file `/rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/50_user.conf` with root rights.
+2. Create the file `/rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/50_user.conf` with root permissions, if it doesn't already exist.
 
-3. Edit the file 50_user.conf to append a folder or file name to the `binds` variable.
+   ```
+   sudo touch /rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/50_user.conf
+   ```
+
+3. Add a line to `/rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/50_user.conf` that appends a folder or file to the `binds` variable.
 
    ```
    binds+=( '/var/lib/tor' )
@@ -44,14 +46,22 @@ Inside the app qube.
 
 4. Save.
 
-5. Reboot the app qube.
+5. If the directory you wish to make persistent doesn't exist in the template on which the app qube is based, you'll need to create the directory (with its full path) under `/rw/bind-dirs` in the app qube. For example, if `/var/lib/tor` didn't exist in the template, then you would execute the following command in your app qube:
 
-6. Done.
+   ```
+   sudo mkdir -p /rw/bind-dirs/var/lib/tor
+   ```
 
-From now on any files within the `/var/lib/tor` folder will persist across reboots.
+6. (optional) If the directory you want to persist across reboots (`/var/lib/tor` in this case) needs special ownership and permissions, make sure the directory you created just under `/rw/bind-dirs/` has the same ones (using the commands `chown` and `chmod`, respectively).
 
-You can make make many files or folders persist, simply by making multiple entries in the `50_user.conf` file, each on a separate line.
-For example, if you added the file `/etc/tor/torrc` to the `binds` variable, any modifications to *that* file will persist across reboots.
+7. Reboot the app qube.
+
+8. Done.
+
+From now on, all files in the `/var/lib/tor` directory will persist across reboots.
+
+You can make make as many files or folders persist as you want simply by making multiple entries in the `50_user.conf` file, each on a separate line.
+For example, if you added the file `/etc/tor/torrc` to the `binds` variable, any modifications to *that* file would also persist across reboots.
 
 ```
 binds+=( '/var/lib/tor' )