diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63a9051..f8a111b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ You need `wget`, `go`, and `yarn` in your path to start the demo. The demo will
 
 ```sh
 git clone git@github.com:ClusterCockpit/cc-backend.git
-
+cd ./cc-backend
 ./startDemo.sh
 ```
 You can access the web interface at http://localhost:8080.
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Having no jobs in the job-archive at all is fine.
 ### Configuration
 
 A config file in the JSON format can be provided using `--config` to override the defaults.
+By default, if there is a `config.json` file in the current directory of the `cc-backend` process, it will be loaded even without the `--config` flag.
 You find documentation of all supported configuration and command line options [here](./configs.README.md).
 
 ### Update GraphQL schema
diff --git a/configs/README.md b/configs/README.md
index 143406a..f04fb5a 100644
--- a/configs/README.md
+++ b/configs/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config file location using the command line option `--config <filepath>`.
 All security relevant configuration. e.g., keys and passwords, are set using environment variables. It is supported to specify these by means of an `.env` file located in the project root.
 
 ## Configuration Options
+
 * `addr`: Type string.  Address where the http (or https) server will listen on (for example: 'localhost:80'). Default `:8080`.
 * `user`: Type string. Drop root permissions once .env was read and the port was taken. Only applicable if using privileged port.
 * `group`: Type string.  Drop root permissions once .env was read and the port was taken. Only applicable if using privileged port.
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ All security relevant configuration. e.g., keys and passwords, are set using env
 
 An example env file is found in this directory. Copy it to `.env` in the project root and adapt it for your needs.
 
-* `JWT_PUBLIC_KEY` and `JWT_PRIVATE_KEY`:  Base64 encoded Ed25519 keys used for JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication . TODO: Details! You can generate your own keypair using `go run utils/gen-keypair.go`
+* `JWT_PUBLIC_KEY` and `JWT_PRIVATE_KEY`:  Base64 encoded Ed25519 keys used for JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication. You must generate your own keypair using `go run tools/gen-keypair.go`. Next to the `gen-keypair.go` utility, you will find a README with more information about how to use these keys and where to put tokens.
 * `SESSION_KEY`: Some random bytes used as secret for cookie-based sessions.
 * `LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD`: The LDAP admin user password (optional).
+* `LOGLEVEL`: Can be `err`, `warn`, `info` or `debug` (optional, `debug` by default). Can be used to reduce logging.
diff --git a/startDemo.sh b/startDemo.sh
index 6e3cf7b..9a581cb 100755
--- a/startDemo.sh
+++ b/startDemo.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ yarn install
 yarn build
 
 cd ../..
+# Use your own keys in production!
 cp ./configs/env-template.txt .env
-go get
 go build ./cmd/cc-backend
 
 ./cc-backend --init-db --add-user demo:admin:AdminDev