diff --git a/env b/.env.example
similarity index 57%
rename from env
rename to .env.example
index 86933bf..777e8f3 100644
--- a/env
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ POSTGRES_HOST=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/postgres
+# Use something along the the following if you are not using docker
+# DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/datacoop_membersystem
 DEBUG=True
 DJANGO_ENV=development
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5112376..9aed72b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 # member.data.coop
 
-## Development requirements
+## Development
+
+### Setup environment
+
+Copy over the .env.example file to .env and adjust DATABASE_URL accordingly
+
+        $ cp .env.example .env
+
+### Docker
+
+#### Requirements
 
 - Docker
 - Docker compose
 - pre-commit (preferred for contributions)
 
-## Start local server
+#### Setup
 
 Given that the requirements above are installed, it should be as easy as:
 
@@ -33,3 +43,29 @@ Make messages:
 Running tests:
 
     $ make test
+
+### Non-docker
+
+Create a venv
+
+        $ python3 -m venv venv
+
+Activate the venv
+
+        $ source venv/bin/activate
+
+Install requirements
+
+        $ pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
+
+Run migrations
+
+        $ ./src/manage.py migrate
+
+Create a superuser
+
+        $ ./src/manage.py createsuperuser
+
+Run the server
+
+        $ ./src/manage.py runserver
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b3ec37b..6872ac9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - postgres
     env_file:
-      - env
+      - .env
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:13-alpine
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     env_file:
-      - env
+      - .env
 
 volumes:
   postgres_data: