diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bd39bd..3f84144 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,31 +19,42 @@ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/binpash/dish.git
 
 ## Install docker using our script (tested on Ubuntu)
 ## Alternatively see https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ to install docker.
+cd dish
 ./scripts/setup-docker.sh
 
 cd docker-hadoop
-./setup-compose.sh # Creates the virtual cluster on the host machine
-## The cluster can be torn down using `docker-compose down`
-docker exec -it nodemanager1 bash # We will use this node as a client
-```
+## Create the virtual cluster on the host machine
+./setup-compose.sh # currently takes several minutes due to rebuilding the images
+## The cluster can be torn down using `docker compose down`
 
-## Running DiSh
+## Create a shell on the client
+docker exec -it nodemanager1 bash
+```
 
-__TODO__
+## Running DiSh Hello World
 
-From docker, we need to add some files to hdfs:
+Let's run a very simple example using DiSh:
 
 ```sh
 cd $DISH_TOP
 hdfs dfs -put README.md /README.md # Copies the readme to hdfs
 ```
 
-Now, you can create your own script or use `sample.sh`. Run both DiSh and Bash and compare the results!
+Now, you can run [this sample script](./scripts/sample.sh) (or create a script of your own). Run both DiSh and Bash and compare the results!
 
 ```
 ./di.sh sample.sh
 bash sample.sh
 ```
+
+<!-- We first want to download some input data and populate hdfs.
+
+```sh
+cd $DISH_TOP
+./setup.sh # Takes several minutes
+``` -->
+
+
 ## Repo Structure
 
 This repo hosts most of the components of the `dish` development. Some of them are incorporated in [PaSh](https://github.com/binpash/pash) The structure is as follows:
diff --git a/evaluation/distr_benchmarks/oneliners/input/setup.sh b/evaluation/distr_benchmarks/oneliners/input/setup.sh
index 81842f6..47b1134 100755
--- a/evaluation/distr_benchmarks/oneliners/input/setup.sh
+++ b/evaluation/distr_benchmarks/oneliners/input/setup.sh
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ if [[ "$1" == "-c" ]]; then
     exit
 fi
 
-hdfs dfs -mkdir /oneliners
+hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /oneliners
 
 if [ ! -f ./1M.txt ]; then
     curl -sf --connect-timeout 10 'http://ndr.md/data/dummy/1M.txt' > 1M.txt
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         curl -f 'https://zenodo.org/record/7650885/files/1M.txt' > 1M.txt
         [ $? -ne 0 ] && eexit 'cannot find 1M.txt'
-        fi
     fi
     append_nl_if_not ./1M.txt
 fi
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ if [ ! -f ./100M.txt ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f ./1G.txt ]; then
-    curl -sf 'http://ndr.md/data/dummy/1G.txt' > 1G.txt
+    curl -sf --connect-timeout 10 'http://ndr.md/data/dummy/1G.txt' > 1G.txt
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         touch 1G.txt
         for (( i = 0; i < 10; i++ )); do
diff --git a/scripts/sample.sh b/scripts/sample.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78d3e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sample.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hdfs dfs -cat /README.md | grep the | wc -l
diff --git a/scripts/setup-docker.sh b/scripts/setup-docker.sh
index ea285b4..1f3906c 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-docker.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # sudo usermod -aG docker "${USER}"
 
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install \
+sudo apt-get install -y \
     ca-certificates \
     curl \
     gnupg
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ echo \
   "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
 
 sudo usermod -aG docker "${USER}"