diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 7d665fc..8e4a2a0 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ WEBHOOK_PROXY_URL=https://smee.io/ZyQCjZTDPT3pd4SD
 SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=
 
 # A "User Legacy Token" of your Slack App, used to access the "users.profile.get" API 
-SLACK_USER_TOKEN=
\ No newline at end of file
+SLACK_USER_TOKEN=
+
+# Bot configuration (optional)
+#
+# DRY_RUN_BOUNTY_APPROVAL=true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fbcd90..91516ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ Right now the bot has two sets of capabilities:
 
 The project board names, column names, welcome message and other values are stored in the `.github/github-bot.yml` file. It can be overriden for each specific repository by adding a file in the same path on the respective repository (see [probot-config](https://github.com/getsentry/probot-config)).
 
+## Development
+
+To get your environment set up go through the following steps:
+
+1. Run `npm install`
+2. Populate `.env`
+
+   ```sh
+   cp .env.example .env
+   # edit .env file to contain proper config
+   ```
+
+After this you can start the bot by running:
+```sh
+npm start
+```
+
 ## Creating the bot GitHub App
 
 This bot is meant to be packaged as a GitHub App. There are two steps to it: creating the app, and installing the app. Creating a GitHub App only needs to be done once and the app can be made public to be reused for any number of repositories and organizations.