diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a3413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.env
+docker-compose.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8fa7b9..d542e3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,37 @@
 
 **xmr.sh** script wizard sets up a new server running a monero node daemon with Docker compose, with your choice of SSL certificates for your domain, network selection, a Tor hidden service, Grafana dashboard and more.
 
+## Getting Started
+
+The most important files are:
+
+* `.env` - where your configurations/secrets are kept
+* `docker-compose.yml` - where your Docker container options are defined
+
+This repo provides example files for you to copy and modify to suit your deployment needs. To get started, simply copy those files and modify as needed.
+
+```bash
+# Update configurations/secrets/settings
+cp env-example .env
+vim .env
+
+# Update Docker containers - uncomment services to run additional helpers
+cp docker-compose-example.yml docker-compose.yml
+vim docker-compose.yml
+```
+
+Once those files are present, use `docker-compose` to launch your containers.
+
+```bash
+docker-compose up -d  # start and daemonize (background) all containers
+
+docker-compose logs -f  # tail all logs
+
+docker-compose logs -f monerod  # tail individual container logs (here monerod)
+
+docker-compose down  # stop containers
+```
+
 ## Distribution support
 
 Compatible and tested on:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose-example.yml
similarity index 99%
rename from docker-compose.yml
rename to docker-compose-example.yml
index 368b5c4..1e13dca 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-example.yml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "${MONEROD_P2P_PORT}:${MONEROD_P2P_PORT}" # Exposes P2P port
     volumes:
-      - "./data/monero:/home/monero/.bitmonero"
+      - "${MONEROD_DATA_DIR}:/home/monero/.bitmonero"
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
       # - "traefik.http.routers.monerod.rule=(Host(`${DOMAIN}`) && PathPrefix(`/`))" #!le
diff --git a/.env b/env-example
similarity index 84%
rename from .env
rename to env-example
index efb135f..c5c4627 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/env-example
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 DOMAIN=your-domain.xmr.example
 
 TRAEFIK_TAG=2.7
-TRAEFIK_ACME_EMAIL=your-email@xmr.example
+TRAEFIK_ACME_EMAIL=lza_menace@protonmail.com
 TRAEFIK_LOGLEVEL=DEBUG
-TRAEFIK_TLS_PORT=443
-TRAEFIK_HTTP_PORT=80
+TRAEFIK_TLS_PORT=4443
+TRAEFIK_HTTP_PORT=8000
 
 MONEROD_TAG=latest
 MONEROD_RPC_PORT=18081
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ MONEROD_ZMQ_RPC_PORT=18082
 MONEROD_ZMQ_PUB_PORT=18083
 MONEROD_EXTRA_PARAMS=
 MONEROD_accessControlAllowOriginList=*
+MONEROD_DATA_DIR=./data/monero
 
 LWS_TAG=v0.2_0.18
 LWS_PORT=8000