diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b85b205..d9e0ff3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 .dotest/*
 log/*
 tmp/*
+db/*.sqlite3
 coverage/*
 doc/app/*
 doc/plugins/*
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2336b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+To install chess_on_rails:
+
+1. Run 'rake config:gems' in the root dir. If you get normal rspec test results yay ! If not you may have one or more of these errors:
+   - no such file to load -- spec/rake/spectask
+   - no such file to load -- net/https
+
+   Apt-get commands to run: # on compatible Linux platforms
+
+   sudo apt-get install libopenssl-ruby  
+   sudo apt-get install ruby1.8-dev  
+   sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev libsqlite3-ruby
+
+   Make sure you have run 
+
+   sudo gem install rspec rspec-rails sqlite3-ruby ruby-debug ruby-prof mocha
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 6f737bc..3cb02f3 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# SQL Server
-
 development:
   adapter: sqlite3
   database: db/development.sqlite3