diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# test status
 ![TESTS](https://github.com/lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)
 
 # requirements
@@ -14,21 +13,39 @@
   ./tests && echo "PASSED" || echo "FAILED" > /dev/null
 ```
 
+# developement
+uncomment following line in docker-compose.yaml, if you wanna use the source code of you current
+lnbits-legend repo inside the docker
+```yaml
+4     volumes:
+5       #- ../lnbits:/app/lnbits
+```
+
 # usage
+build the lnbits docker image
 ```console
-# build the lnbits docker image
+git clone git@github.com:lnbits/lnbits-legend.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend
 cd ~/repos/lnbits-legend
 docker build -t lnbits-legend .
+```
 
-# source the scripts
+get the regtest enviroment ready
+```console
+git clone git@github.com:lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend
+mkdir ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
 cd ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
 source docker-scripts.sh
-
+```
+start the regtest
+```console
 # start docker-compose with logs
 lnbits-regtest-start-log
 # start docker-compose in background
 lnbits-regtest-start
+```
 
+usage of the `bitcoin-cli-sim`, `lightning-cli-sim` and `lncli-sim` aliases
+```console
 # use bitcoin core, mine a block
 bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 1