diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/README.MD b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/README.MD
index d6f8faf31e..8afbc945ff 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/README.MD
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/README.MD
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Spring Cloud – Bootstrapping](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-cloud-bootstrapping)
 - [Spring Cloud – Securing Services](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-cloud-securing-services)
+
+- To run the project copy the appliction-config folder to c:\Users\{username}\ on Windows or /Users/{username}/ on *nix. Then open a git bash terminal in application-config and run:
+  - git init
+  - git add .
+  - git commit -m "First commit"