diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c96073b..35f6372 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ HMCi is a small utility to fetch metrics from one or more HMC's and push those t
 
 You can download [Grafana](https://www.power-devops.com/grafana) and [InfluxDB](https://www.power-devops.com/influxdb) ppc64le packages for most Linux distributions and AIX from the [Power DevOps](https://www.power-devops.com/) site.
 
+#### Notes
+
+Examples on how to change the default InfluxDB retention policy:
+
+     ALTER RETENTION POLICY "autogen" ON "hmci" DURATION 156w
+     ALTER RETENTION POLICY "autogen" ON "hmci" DURATION 90d
+
+#### InfluxDB and Grafana Packages
+
+You can download [Grafana ppc64le](https://www.power-devops.com/grafana) and [InfluxDB ppc64le](https://www.power-devops.com/influxdb) packages for most Linux distributions and AIX on the [Power DevOps](https://www.power-devops.com/) site.
+
+Binaries for amd64/x86 are available from the [Grafana website](https://grafana.com/grafana/download) and [InfluxDB website](https://portal.influxdata.com/downloads/) and also directly from your Linux distribution repository in some cases.
 
 ## Development Information
 
@@ -23,12 +35,12 @@ You need JDK version 8 or later.
 
 ### Build & Test
 
-Use the gradle-wrapper build tool
+Use the gradle build tool, which will download all required dependencies.
 
     ./gradlew clean build
 
 
-### InfluxDB for local testing
+#### InfluxDB for local testing
 
 Start the InfluxDB container
 
@@ -39,7 +51,7 @@ To use the Influx client from the same container
     docker exec -it influxdb influx
 
 
-### Grafana for local testing
+#### Grafana for local testing
 
 Start the Grafana container, linking it to the InfluxDB container
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/InfluxClient.groovy b/src/main/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/InfluxClient.groovy
index 6d5b14c..cbfc876 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/InfluxClient.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/InfluxClient.groovy
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class InfluxClient {
     InfluxDB influxDB
     BatchPoints batchPoints
 
+
     InfluxClient(String url, String username, String password, String database) {
         this.url = url
         this.username = username
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class InfluxClient {
         this.database = database
     }
 
+
     void login() {
         if(!influxDB) {
             try {
@@ -51,9 +53,8 @@ class InfluxClient {
                 createDatabase()
 
                 // Enable batch writes to get better performance.
-                BatchOptions options = BatchOptions.DEFAULTS.actions(300).flushDuration(500);
-                influxDB.enableBatch(options);
-
+                //BatchOptions options = BatchOptions.DEFAULTS.actions(300).flushDuration(500);
+                influxDB.enableBatch(BatchOptions.DEFAULTS);
                 //influxDB.setLogLevel(InfluxDB.LogLevel.BASIC);
 
                 batchPoints = BatchPoints.database(database).precision(TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class InfluxClient {
         }
     }
 
+
     void logoff() {
         influxDB?.close();
         influxDB = null
@@ -72,18 +74,9 @@ class InfluxClient {
 
 
     void createDatabase() {
-        // Create a database...
-        influxDB.query(new Query("CREATE DATABASE " + database));
+        // Create our database... with a default retention of 156w == 3 years
+        influxDB.query(new Query("CREATE DATABASE " + database + " WITH DURATION 156w"));
         influxDB.setDatabase(database);
-
-        /*
-        // ... and a retention policy, if necessary.
-        String retentionPolicyName = "HMCI_ONE_YEAR";
-        influxDB.query(new Query("CREATE RETENTION POLICY " + retentionPolicyName
-                + " ON " + database + " DURATION 365d REPLICATION 1 DEFAULT"));
-        influxDB.setRetentionPolicy(retentionPolicyName);
-        */
-
     }
 
 
@@ -96,7 +89,6 @@ class InfluxClient {
             logoff()
             login()
         }
-        //influxDB.flush()
     }