diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1d7da6..3003059 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ db.sqlite3
 models_bk.py
 nohup.out
 nohup.*
+venv/
+local_settings.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11a2b5c..4791842 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,3 +34,65 @@ Please try our basic **tutorial** here - [Movement Database Tutorial](webworm_do
 
 Information on how each interface component feature can be used is
 found here - [Movement Database Features Documentation](webworm_docs/Features.md)
+
+## Contributing
+
+### Preparation
+
+Create virtual environment
+
+```shell
+python -m venv venv
+```
+
+Activate virtual environment.
+
+On Windows
+```shell
+venv/Scripts/activate
+```
+
+On Linux
+```shell
+source venv/Scripts/activate
+```
+
+### Local setup
+
+Create `movement_site/local_settings.py` with approximately following content
+
+```py
+import os
+LOCAL_BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+# SQLite database engine for much simpler setup
+# For production, consider using PostgreSQL or another robust database engine
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': LOCAL_BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1']
+
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'test@gmail.com'
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'test'
+EMAIL_PORT = 587
+```
+
+You may need run following commmand to apply migrations for a first time, and in case you actively develop things.
+```shell
+python manage.py migrate
+```
+
+### Develoment workflow
+
+Run development server
+```shell
+python manage.py runserver
+```
+
+Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in the browser
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diff --git a/movement_site/settings.py b/movement_site/settings.py
index 43c0f7e..72a5c0d 100644
--- a/movement_site/settings.py
+++ b/movement_site/settings.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     }
 }
 
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
 
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
diff --git a/movement_site/urls.py b/movement_site/urls.py
index 8a6644d..ead1649 100644
--- a/movement_site/urls.py
+++ b/movement_site/urls.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
     1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
-from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.urls import include, re_path
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^', include('webworm.urls')),
-    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    re_path(r'^', include('webworm.urls')),
+    re_path(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
 ]
diff --git a/webworm/urls.py b/webworm/urls.py
index f886415..67f2859 100644
--- a/webworm/urls.py
+++ b/webworm/urls.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.urls import re_path
 
 from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
-    url(r'^wconviewer', views.wconviewer, name='wconviewer'),
-    url(r'^upload', views.upload, name='upload'),
-    url(r'^contributors', views.contrib, name='contributors'),
-    url(r'^release', views.release, name='release'),
-    url(r'^feedback', views.feedback, name='feedback'),
+    re_path(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
+    re_path(r'^wconviewer', views.wconviewer, name='wconviewer'),
+    re_path(r'^upload', views.upload, name='upload'),
+    re_path(r'^contributors', views.contrib, name='contributors'),
+    re_path(r'^release', views.release, name='release'),
+    re_path(r'^feedback', views.feedback, name='feedback'),
 ]