diff --git a/INSTALL/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL/INSTALL.md
index 76b5eae..868a0ad 100644
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+++ b/INSTALL/INSTALL.md
@@ -2,25 +2,31 @@
 
 An Ubuntu server (18.04/20.04 should both work fine) - though other linux installations should work too.
 - apache2, mysql/mariadb, sqlite need to be installed and running
-- php extensions for intl, mysql, sqlite need to be installed and running
-  
+- php extensions for intl, mysql, sqlite3, mbstring, xml need to be installed and running
+- composer
 sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server git composer php-intl php-mbstring php-dom php-ldap php-sqlite3 sqlite libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
 
 
 ## Cerebrate installation instructions
 
-Simply clone this repository (for example into /var/www/cerebrate)
+Install dependencies
+```
+sudo apt install composer apache2 libapache2-mod-php php php-intl php-mysql php-mbstring php-sqlite3 php-xml unzip mariadb-server
+```
+
+Clone this repository (for example into /var/www/cerebrate)
 
 ```
-cd /var/www
-sudo git clone git@github.com:cerebrate-project/cerebrate.git
+sudo mkdir /var/www/cerebrate
+sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/cerebrate
+sudo -u www-data git clone https://github.com/cerebrate-project/cerebrate.git /var/www/cerebrate
 ```
 
 Run composer
 
 ```
 cd /var/www/cerebrate
-sudo composer install
+sudo -u www-data composer install
 ```
 
 Create a database for cerebrate
@@ -34,17 +40,35 @@ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cerebrate.* to cerebrate@localhost;
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 ```
 
+```
+sudo mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE cerebrate;"
+sudo mysql -e "CREATE USER 'cerebrate'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOuR_Pa$$WORD!';"
+sudo mysql -e "GRANT USAGE ON *.* to cerebrate@localhost;"
+sudo mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cerebrate.* to cerebrate@localhost;"
+sudo mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+```
+
 Load the default table structure into the database
 
 ```
-mysql -u cerebrate -pYOUR_PASSWORD cerebrate < /var/www/cerebrate/INSTALL/mysql.sql
+sudo mysql -u cerebrate -p cerebrate < /var/www/cerebrate/INSTALL/mysql.sql
 ```
 
 create your local configuration and set the db credentials
 
 ```
-cp -a /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.example.php /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.php
-vim /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.php
+sudo -u www-data cp -a /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.example.php /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.php
+sudo -u www-data vim /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.php
+```
+
+Modify the Datasource -> default array's username, password, database fields
+
+Create an apache config file for cerebrate / ssh key and point the document root to /var/www/cerebrate/webroot/index.php and you're good to go.
+
+mod_rewrite needs to be enabled:
+
+```
+sudo a2enmod rewrite
 ```
 
 Simply modify the Datasource -> default array's username, password, database fields
@@ -60,8 +84,19 @@ This would be, when following the steps above:
 ```
 Create an apache config file for cerebrate / ssh key and point the document root to /var/www/cerebrate/webroot/index.php and you're good to go
 
+For development installs the following can be done:
+
+```
+# This configuration is purely meant for local installations for development / testing
+# Using HTTP on an unhardened apache is by no means meant to be used in any production environment
+sudo cp /var/www/cerebrate/INSTALL/cerebrate_dev.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/
+sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/cerebrate_dev.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
+sudo service apache2 restart
+```
+
+Now you can point your browser to: http://localhost:8000
+
 To log in use the default credentials below:
 
-username: admin
+Username: admin
 Password: Password1234
-