diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7943bad..55aedd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,19 +12,17 @@ Docker is the recommended way to develop and deploy ContentDB.
 
 		sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose
 
-1. Copy `config.example.cfg` to `config.cfg`.
+2. Copy `config.example.cfg` to `config.cfg`.
 
-2. Fill out `config.cfg`
-	1. Set `SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI` = "postgres://contentdb:password@db:5432/contentdb"
-	2. Optionally, set the MAIL settings.
+3. (Optional) Set up mail in config.cfg.
 
-3. (Optional) Set up GitHub integration
+4. (Optional) Set up GitHub integration
 	1. Make a Github OAuth Client at <https://github.com/settings/developers>:
 	2. Homepage URL - `http://localhost:5123/`
 	3. Authorization callback URL - `http://localhost:5123/user/github/callback/`
 	4. Put client id and client secret in `GITHUB_CLIENT_ID` and `GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET` in config.cfg.
 
-4. Create config.env:
+5. Create config.env:
 
 		POSTGRES_USER=contentdb
 		POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
@@ -39,14 +37,14 @@ Docker is the recommended way to develop and deploy ContentDB.
 
 		./utils/run_migrations.sh
 
-8. (Optional) create initial data
+8. (Recommended, optional) create initial data
 	1. `./utils/bash.sh`
 	2. Either `python setup.py -o` or `python setup.py -t`
-      	1. `-o` creates just the admin, and static data like tags, and licenses.
-      	2. `-t` will create test pacakges.
+	  	1. `-o` creates just the admin, and static data like tags, and licenses.
+	  	2. `-t` will do `-o` and also create test pacakges. (Recommended)
 
-9.  View at <http://localhost:5123>.
-    The admin username is `rubenwardy` and the password is `tuckfrump`.
+9. View at <http://localhost:5123>.
+   The admin username is `rubenwardy` and the password is `tuckfrump`.
 
 In the future, starting CDB is as simple as:
 
@@ -78,6 +76,41 @@ This will only work with python code and templates, it won't update tasks or con
 ./utils/create_migration.sh
 ```
 
+
+### VSCode: Setting up Linting
+
+* (optional) Install the [Docker extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-docker)
+* Install the [Python extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python)
+	* Click no to installing pylint (we don't want it to be installed outside of a virtual env)
+* Set up a virtual env
+	* Replace `psycopg2` with `psycopg2_binary` in requirements.txt (because postgresql won't be installed on the system)
+	* `python3 -m venv env`
+	* Click yes to prompt to select virtual env for workspace
+	* Click yes to any prompts about installing pylint
+	* `source env/bin/activate`
+	* `pip install -r requirements`
+	* `pip install pylint` (if a prompt didn't appear)
+	* Undo changes to requirements.txt
+
+### VSCode: Material Icon Folder Designations
+
+```json
+"material-icon-theme.folders.associations": {
+	"packages": "",
+	"tasks": "",
+	"api": "",
+	"meta": "",
+	"blueprints": "routes",
+	"scss": "sass",
+	"flatpages": "markdown",
+	"data": "temp",
+	"migrations": "archive",
+	"textures": "images",
+	"sounds": "audio"
+}
+```
+
+
 ## Database