diff --git a/Conversion Process.md b/Conversion Process.md
index adddafe..f8b7465 100644
--- a/Conversion Process.md	
+++ b/Conversion Process.md	
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ This works in several main phases:
 
 ### Setting up the new system
 
-1. Install `mkdocs` (which will be used to serve the resulting .md files) and `mkdocs-material` (the theme):
+1. Install `mkdocs`, `mkdocs-material` (the theme), and any required plugins:
     ```sh
-    pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
     ```
 
 ### Setting up the repo for deployment
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Instead of initializing Mkdocs from scratch, we're going to just copy files over
 2. Update anything related to "After Effects Scripting Guide" and make it relevant for this repo
     - `./.mkdocs.yml`
     - `./docs/index.md`
+3. Open a terminal to the root folder, and run the below command to serve the docs
+    ```sh
+    mkdocs serve
+    ```
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f2eaf75..1ed2326 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@ This project is written in [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown), s
 
 Before pushing to the online project (or submitting a PR), we ask that you develop & test the project locally to ensure the result is what you'd expect.
 
-To build locally, follow [Docsify's "Quick Start" guide](https://docsify.js.org/#/quickstart).
+To build locally:
 
-- Install node.js & npm
-- Install docsify
-- Navigate to the project directory and use the command `docsify serve ./docs`
-- Open your browser to `http://localhost:3000` to view the live-updating docs
+- Install python & pip
+- From a terminal, navigate to the project directory and run the following command to install dependencies:
+```sh
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+- When done, run the following command to serve the docs:
+```sh
+mkdocs serve
+```
+- Open your browser to the provided url (`http://127.0.0.1:8000`) by default to view the live-updating docs
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3199625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mkdocs
+mkdocs-material
+mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin