diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 8da1af5..2417163 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@
                 "illuminate/session": "~5.0|^6.0",
                 "illuminate/support": "~5.0|^6.0",
                 "intervention/image": "~2.5",
-                "php": "^7.2"
+                "php": "^7.1"
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@
             "require": {
                 "illuminate/support": ">=5.1",
                 "jenssegers/agent": "^2.6",
-                "php": ">=7.2",
+                "php": ">=7.1",
                 "ua-parser/uap-php": "^3.9"
             },
             "require-dev": {
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ee6c436..963e64c 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -171,13 +171,11 @@ server {
 
 (You will most likely encounter a issue where 2 packages namely: visitor and captcha require at least php 7.2, to get around this just change the value to 7.1 in the composer.lock file)
 
-(make sure you have enough RAM for the installation, otherwise use swap)
+For your local development instance make sure that you change 'secure' => true, to 'secure' => false, in `config/session.php` otherwise it will not let you log in!
 
-`touch .env`
 
-`php71 artisan key:generate`
+Create the .env file with the following content
 
-`vim .env`
 <pre>
 APP_KEY=
 APP_ENV=production
@@ -196,12 +194,17 @@ RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC=
 RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE=
 </pre>
 
+`php71 artisan key:generate`
+
 `mkdir public/b`
 
 `cd public/b`
 
 Now put some random webm in the folder and name it `1.webm`
 
+`mkdir public/thumbs`
+`mkdir public/thumbs/beta`
+
 Modify `database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php` and uncomment all the different seeders. (Initially you'll need all)
 
 Run `php71 artisan migrate` and then `php71 artisan db:seed`