diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8638fd16ae8..d365d1c1d12 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
   --var version=0.1.1 --var app=maven-metadata-release --file {{.app}} \
   --from https://github.com/itzg/{{.app}}/releases/download/{{.version}}/{{.app}}_{{.version}}_{{.os}}_{{.arch}}.tar.gz
 
-ARG MC_HELPER_VERSION=1.24.9
+ARG MC_HELPER_VERSION=1.24.10
 ARG MC_HELPER_BASE_URL=https://github.com/itzg/mc-image-helper/releases/download/${MC_HELPER_VERSION}
 RUN curl -fsSL ${MC_HELPER_BASE_URL}/mc-image-helper-${MC_HELPER_VERSION}.tgz \
   | tar -C /usr/share -zxf - \
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ COPY --chmod=755 scripts/start* /
 COPY --chmod=755 bin/ /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --chmod=755 bin/mc-health /health.sh
 COPY --chmod=644 files/log4j2.xml /image/log4j2.xml
+# By default this file gets retrieved from repo, but bundle in image as potential fallback
 COPY --chmod=644 files/cf-exclude-include.json /image/cf-exclude-include.json
 COPY --chmod=755 files/auto /auto
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 590abfb09df..c0ba643e504 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ Pass a page URL to the modpack or a specific file with `CF_PAGE_URL` such as the
 
 Instead of a URL, the modpack slug can be provided as `CF_SLUG`. The slug is the short identifier visible in the URL after "/modpacks/", such as
 
-![img.png](docs/cf-slug.png)
+![cf-slug](docs/cf-slug.png)
 
 For example:
 ```
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ With either the modpack page or slug approach, the latest file will be located a
 
 The file ID can be located in the URL like
 
-![img.png](docs/cf-file-id.png)
+![cf-file-id](docs/cf-file-id.png)
 
 The following two examples both refer to version 1.0.7 of ATM8:
 
@@ -657,6 +657,9 @@ Global and per modpack exclusions can be declared in a JSON file and referenced
 
 Alternatively, they can be excluded by passing a comma or space delimited list of **project** slugs or IDs via `CF_EXCLUDE_MODS`. Similarly, there are some mods that are incorrectly tagged as client only. For those, pass the **project** slugs or IDs via `CF_FORCE_INCLUDE_MODS`. If either of these are set, then `CF_EXCLUDE_INCLUDE_FILE` will be **disabled**.
 
+A mod's project ID can be obtained from the right hand side of the project page:
+![cf-project-id](docs/cf-project-id.png)
+
 If needing to iterate on the options above, set `CF_FORCE_SYNCHRONIZE` to "true" to ensure the exclude/includes are re-evaluated.
 
 > **NOTE:** these options are provided to empower you get your server up and running quickly. Please help out by reporting an issue with the respective mod project. Ideally mod developers should [use correct registrations for one-sided client mods](https://docs.minecraftforge.net/en/latest/concepts/sides/#writing-one-sided-mods). Understandably, those code changes may be non-trivial, so mod authors can also add "Client" to the game versions when publishing.
diff --git a/docs/cf-project-id.png b/docs/cf-project-id.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea78cddcf05
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/cf-project-id.png differ
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployAutoCF b/scripts/start-deployAutoCF
index 135e6429e54..58c321b77b1 100644
--- a/scripts/start-deployAutoCF
+++ b/scripts/start-deployAutoCF
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set -eu
 : "${CF_FILENAME_MATCHER:=}"
 : "${CF_PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS:=4}"
 : "${CF_FORCE_SYNCHRONIZE:=false}"
-: "${CF_EXCLUDE_INCLUDE_FILE:=/image/cf-exclude-include.json}"
+: "${CF_EXCLUDE_INCLUDE_FILE:=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-server/master/files/cf-exclude-include.json}"
 : "${CF_EXCLUDE_MODS:=}"
 : "${CF_FORCE_INCLUDE_MODS:=}"