diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d077cf..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Required for all uses
-# It takes 2 mins to get a free twilio account https://www.twilio.com/login
-
-TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=ACfc9705a2b725a7a314995eb8635a9079
-TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=9ab36b8ac190d20687aff0561749dbc1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 732462c..52f4c39 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Required for all uses
 # It takes 2 mins to get a free twilio account https://www.twilio.com/login
+# Fill in your credentials below and rename this file to .env
 
-TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=ACfc9705a2b725a7a314995eb8635a9079
-LOCAL_AUTH_TOKEN=654560d5d03db5548733959aa49b55bb
\ No newline at end of file
+TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=YourAccountSIDHere
+LOCAL_TWILLIO_SID=YourAuthTokenHere
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 427fecd..456caf9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,13 +37,20 @@ git clone https://github.com/ianramzy/decentralized-video-chat
 cd decentralized-video-chat
 ```
 
-- Install dependencies
+#### Set up credentials
+
+- Rename .env.template to .env
+- Sign up for free twilio account https://www.twilio.com/login
+- Get your Account SID and Auth Token from the Twillio console
+- Fill in your credentials in the .env file
+
+#### Install dependencies
 
 ```
 npm install
 ```
 
-- Start the server
+#### Start the server
 
 ```
 npm start