diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9a46c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Environment variables declared in this file are automatically made available to Prisma.
+# See the documentation for more detail: https://pris.ly/d/prisma-schema#accessing-environment-variables-from-the-schema
+
+# Prisma supports the native connection string format for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB and CockroachDB.
+# See the documentation for all the connection string options: https://pris.ly/d/connection-strings
+
+DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"
+DISCORD_TOKEN=
+DISCORD_APPLICATION_ID=
+DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00bcbeb..0aff4c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,28 @@
 # discord-bot
 
+## Setup
+
+first install [volta](https://volta.sh/)
+
+(optional) install https://ngrok.com/download for opening db browser remotely
+
+After installing volta and setting up an user for the bot with sudo group
+
+- ```source ~/.bashrc```
+- ```volta install node```
+- ```volta install yarn```
+- ```volta install pm2```
+
+In repo (after setting up .env):
+
+- ```yarn install```
+- ```yarn prisma migrate dev```
+- ```pm2 start ecosystem.config.js```
+
+## Commands
+
+- Start the application ```yarn start```
+- Start dev ```yarn dev```
+- Start db browser ```yarn prisma studio```
+
+
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 29d1b7a..ac59ae4 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ export default {
   discord: {
     applicationId: process.env.DISCORD_APPLICATION_ID || "",
     channelId: process.env.DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID || "",
-    guildId: process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID || "",
     token: process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN || "",
-    secret: process.env.DISCORD_SECRET || "",
   },
 };