diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5253768653815e860b5637eaa932125f94b5618f..808e19ca97f12236c01fa37b79187c6557a32d58 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -38,10 +38,22 @@ For operational use we currently install InfluxDB as a systemd service:
 
 https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.6/install/?t=Linux#install-influxdb-as-a-service-with-systemd
 
+At the time of writing this would include:
+
+```bash
+sudo yum install influxdb2
+```
+
 We'll also need the influx CLI to initalize the database.
 
 https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.6/reference/cli/influx/
 
+At the time of writing this would include:
+
+```bash
+sudo yum install influxdb2-cli
+```
+
 Setup database
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -114,6 +126,15 @@ Change the permissions for these two files to read-only for the metobs user:
    chmod 400 /home/metobs/influxdbv2_metobs_ro.txt
    chmod 400 /home/metobs/influxdbv2_metobs_rw.txt
 
+Create recurring Tasks
+----------------------
+
+Install averaging tasks to create average fields in the metobs_realtime bucket:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    python -m metobscommon.influxdb create_tasks
+
 Backfill InfluxDB Database
 --------------------------
 
@@ -127,7 +148,7 @@ at a time. A bulk value of 5000-10000 is preferred.
 
 Compute the averages for 5 second tower and data:
 
-    python -m metobscommon.influxdb -vvv run_manual_cqs --symbol-list aosstower.level_00.influxdb.SYMBOLS --stations aoss.tower -s 2018-05-07T00:00:00 -e 2018-05-08T22:00:00 -d 1m 5m 1h
+    python -m metobscommon.influxdb -vvv run_manual_average --stations aoss.tower -s 2018-05-07T00:00:00 -e 2018-05-08T22:00:00 -d 1m 5m 1h
 
 Note the above computes the 1m, 5m, and 1h averages. The time range (-s/-e)
 must be at whole intervals for the average intervals specified otherwise
diff --git a/metobscommon/influxdb.py b/metobscommon/influxdb.py
index e046d9a3b95b08d26e66a17efceec4c69b7555fd..398b3515816296131cfeeaaf336fbbf2c6f90949 100644
--- a/metobscommon/influxdb.py
+++ b/metobscommon/influxdb.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def main():
     subparser.add_argument('-e', '--end-time', type=_dt_convert, required=True,
                            help="End time of data to include in average "
                                 "(exclusive). Formats allowed: \'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS\'")
-    subparser.add_argument('-d', '--durations', nargs='+', default=['1m'],
+    subparser.add_argument('-d', '--durations', nargs='+', default=DURATIONS,
                            choices=DURATIONS,
                            help="Which average intervals to compute")
     subparser.set_defaults(func=run_average_queries)