diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,53 +9,3 @@ This repository is a template for creating your own custom NOMAD Oasis distribut
 Click [here](https://github.com/new?template_name=nomad-distribution-template&template_owner=FAIRmat-NFDI)
 to use this template, or click the `Use this template` button in the upper right corner of
 the main GitHub page for this template.
-
-## Deploying the distribution
-
-Below are instructions for how to deploy this NOMAD Oasis distribution
-[for a new Oasis](#for-a-new-oasis) and [for an existing Oasis](#for-an-existing-oasis)
-
-### For a new Oasis
-
-- Find a Linux computer.
-- Make sure you have [docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) installed.
-Docker nowadays comes with `docker compose` built in. Prior, you needed to
-install the stand-alone [docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/).
-- Download the modified configuration files [nomad-oasis.zip](nomad-oasis.zip) from this repository.
-- Run the following commands (skip `chown` on MacOS and Windows computers)
-
-
-```sh
-unzip nomad-oasis.zip
-cd nomad-oasis
-sudo chown -R 1000 .volumes
-docker compose pull
-docker compose up -d
-curl localhost/nomad-oasis/alive
-```
-
-- Open [http://localhost/nomad-oasis](http://localhost/nomad-oasis) in your browser.
-
-To run NORTH (the NOMAD Remote Tools Hub), the `hub` container needs to run docker and
-the container has to be run under the docker group. You need to replace the default group
-id `991` in the `docker-compose.yaml`'s `hub` section with your systems docker group id.
-Run `id` if you are a docker user, or `getent group | grep docker` to find your
-systems docker gid. The user id 1000 is used as the nomad user inside all containers.
-
-You can find more details on setting up and maintaining an Oasis in the NOMAD docs here:
-[nomad-lab.eu/prod/v1/docs/oasis/install.html](https://nomad-lab.eu/prod/v1/docs/oasis/install.html)
-
-### For an existing Oasis
-
-If you already have an Oasis running you only need to change the image being pulled in
-your `docker-compose.yaml` with `ghcr.io/GITHUB_REPOSITORY:main` for the services
-`worker`, `app`, `north`, and `logtransfer`.
-
-If you want to use the `nomad.yaml` from this repository you also need to comment out
-the inclusion of the `nomad.yaml` under the volumes key of those services in the
-`docker-compose.yaml`.
-
-```yaml
-    volumes:
-      # - ./configs/nomad.yaml:/app/nomad.yaml
-```
diff --git a/template_README.md b/template_README.md
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--- a/template_README.md
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@@ -25,25 +25,43 @@ Below are instructions for how to deploy this NOMAD Oasis distribution
 
 ### For a new Oasis
 
-- Find a Linux computer.
-- Make sure you have [docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) installed.
+1. Make sure you have [docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) installed.
 Docker nowadays comes with `docker compose` built in. Prior, you needed to
 install the stand-alone [docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/).
-- Download the modified configuration files [nomad-oasis.zip](nomad-oasis.zip) from this repository.
-- Run the following commands (skip `chown` on MacOS and Windows computers)
-
-
+2. Get the `nomad-oasis.zip` archive from your distribution repository using for example curl
+```sh
+curl -L -o nomad-oasis.zip "https://github.com/GITHUB_REPOSITORY/raw/main/nomad-oasis.zip"
+```
+3. Unzip the `nomad-oasis.zip` file and enter the extracted directory
 ```sh
 unzip nomad-oasis.zip
 cd nomad-oasis
+```
+4. _On Linux only,_ recursively change the owner of the `.volumes` directory to the nomad user (1000) 
+```sh
 sudo chown -R 1000 .volumes
+```
+5. Pull the images speicified in the `docker-compose.yaml` (retrieved from the `nomad-oasis.zip`) using
+```sh
 docker compose pull
+```
+6. And run it with docker compose in detached (--detach or -d) mode 
+```sh
 docker compose up -d
+```
+7. Optionally you can now test that NOMAD is running with
+```
 curl localhost/nomad-oasis/alive
 ```
+8. Finally, open [http://localhost/nomad-oasis](http://localhost/nomad-oasis) in your browser to start using your new NOMAD Oasis.
 
-- Open [http://localhost/nomad-oasis](http://localhost/nomad-oasis) in your browser.
+Whenever you update your image you need to shut down NOMAD using
+```sh
+docker compose down
+```
+and then repeat steps 5. and 6. above.
 
+#### NOMAD Remote Tools Hub (NORTH)
 To run NORTH (the NOMAD Remote Tools Hub), the `hub` container needs to run docker and
 the container has to be run under the docker group. You need to replace the default group
 id `991` in the `docker-compose.yaml`'s `hub` section with your systems docker group id.
@@ -68,6 +86,8 @@ the inclusion of the `nomad.yaml` under the volumes key of those services in the
       # - ./configs/nomad.yaml:/app/nomad.yaml
 ```
 
+To run the new image you can follow steps 5. and 6. [above](#for-a-new-oasis).
+
 ## Adding a plugin
 
 To add a new plugin to the docker image you should add it to the [plugins.txt](plugins.txt) file.