diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31a9fe1..079bab7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,9 +18,31 @@ go get github.com/dballard/transmet
 
 sudo apt-get install postgres postgresql-contrib
 
+Setup postgres to hadle a local connection for transmet in pg_hba.conf
+either:
+'''host transmet transmet 127.0.0.1/32 md5'''
+or a more liberal:
+'''host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 '''
+
+create ssl certs and put them somewhere
+
+enable SSL in postgresql.conf
+'''
+ssl = true
+ssl_cert_file = 'WHER_YOU_PUT/server.crt'
+ssl_key_file = 'WHERE_YOU_PUT/server.key'   
+'''
+
 Create postgress DB and user
 
+'''sh
+sudo -u postgres
+createuser -S -P -E transmet
+createdb --owner transmet --encoding utf8 transmet
+psql
+\c transmet
 CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto;
+'''
 
 put DB details in 
 	db/dbconf.yml (copied from db/dbconf.EXAMPLE)