diff --git a/_dist/README.txt b/_dist/README.txt
index 103ec9b..ec6819a 100644
--- a/_dist/README.txt
+++ b/_dist/README.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ Tags: nmdc
 - The configuration file content is identical between nmdc-webfrontend 1.0.0 and dcwebui2 1.3.0, but please now ensure it's valid JSON instead of arbitrary javascript. This means no assignment, use double-quoted strings, and no comments.
 - Future changes to the configuration file since nmdc-webfrontend 1.0.0 are backward compatible (see the changelog for more details).
 
+=DEVELOPING=
+
+[go-get]code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend git https://git.ivysaur.me/code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend.git[/go-get]
+1. Install Go, Node.js, NPM, and 7-Zip (`p7zip-full` on Debian)
+2. Set up your `$GOPATH`
+2. Download the source code: `go get code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend`
+4. Install dependencies: `sudo make deps`
+5. Build: `make`
+
 =CHANGELOG=
 
 2017-10-16 1.2.1