diff --git a/examples/firezone/README.md b/examples/firezone/README.md
index 40750f5..6b126d3 100644
--- a/examples/firezone/README.md
+++ b/examples/firezone/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 # Notes
 
-1. Download the `docker-compose.yml` and `.env` file from this repository.
-2. Adjust both files to your needs. Especially change the default secrets!
-3. Proceed by executing the below commands.
+1. Download the `docker-compose.yml` file from this repository.
+2. Create a firezone `.env` file via the command `docker run --rm firezone/firezone bin/gen-env > .env`
+3. Adjust `docker-compose.yml` and created `.env` to your needs. Especially change the environment variables `DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL`, `DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD` and `EXTERNAL_URL` to secure values!
+4. Proceed by executing the below commands.
 
 ````
 docker compose run --rm firezone bin/migrate
@@ -14,4 +15,4 @@ docker compose run --rm firezone bin/create-or-reset-admin
 docker compose up -d
 ````
 
-Note: This compose setup requires an already existing dockerized Traefik reverse proxy.
+Note: This compose setup requires an already existing dockerized Traefik reverse proxy. Alternatively, remove the Traefik labels and directly use TCP/13000 (HTTPS).