diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9211b4d86d564c74097bfe786860e30d6c0da873..f09c218e4f122aadadd318e3660c86eea93e0710 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 anaconda*.sh
+aeri_tools/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cda7005c7aafb04a18a1c6378d16c46cef6be5c..49b99ede8f897ddbc558bf80ede31087d0401cb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 A bash script to install python and all packages necessary for
-AERI data analysis  
+AERI data analysis. To install, clone the directory, then run the
+command `bash aeri_python_setup.sh`. You will be stepped through
+the installation of Anaconda Python 3, and the python packages
+netCDF4, hdf5, dmv, and aeri_tools. 
diff --git a/aeri_python_setup.sh b/aeri_python_setup.sh
index 00e48e4f72e0b95ca4642da8a85ac39335270bd3..8070a5dad4dfbe84ddf89d894d560156f95049ff 100644
--- a/aeri_python_setup.sh
+++ b/aeri_python_setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ANDACONDA_INSTALL=anaconda_install.sh
 platform='unknown'
 unamestr=`uname`
 dmv_install=dmv-0.9.8-cp35-cp35m-macosx_10_5_x86_64.whl
-
 if [[ "$unamestr" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
     conda_url=https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda3-4.1.1-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
 else
@@ -34,4 +33,4 @@ echo "Installing aeri_tools from gitlab..."
 git clone git@gitlab.ssec.wisc.edu:cphillips/aeri_tools.git
 cd aeri_tools
 python setup.py install
-
+cd ..