diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38bd80d0d..8ef4e9012 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@
 
 /config/credentials/*.key
 .DS_Store
+
+.kamal/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27ba149fc..100d46b0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ This repo contains a starter deployment file that you can modify for your own sp
 The steps to configure your very own Fizzy are:
 
 1. Fork the repo
-2. Edit few things in config/deploy.yml and .kamal/secrets
-3. Run `kamal setup` to do your first deploy.
+2. Initialize Kamal by running `kamal init`. This command generates the `.kamal` directory along with the required configuration files, including `.kamal/secrets`.
+3. Edit few things in `config/deploy.yml` and `.kamal/secrets`
+4. Run `kamal setup` to do your first deploy.
 
 We'll go through each of these in turn.