diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 355c8f97c..9f1b537a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,21 +10,26 @@ You can reset the Vega Editor by going to https://vega.github.io/editor/#/reset
 
 ## Usage Instructions
 
-To run the editor locally, you must first install the dependencies and then launch a local web server. We assume you have [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) installed.
+### Run Vega-Editor With Docker
+```bash
+sudo docker run -it --rm -p 1234:1234 node:21 bash -xc 'mkdir -p vega/editor && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/vega/editor.git vega/editor && cd vega/editor && yarn && yarn start'
+```
 
-1. Install the dependencies:
+### Development Setup
+We assume you have [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/), `bash`, `curl`, and `tar` installed.
 
-```
-$ yarn
-```
+Your working copy of this git repository must be located at least two levels below the system root `/`.
+E.g. `/home/user/editor` or `/vega/editor`, but not `/editor`. 
 
-2. Start the server:
+Inside your working copy ...
 
-```
-$ yarn start
-```
+1. Install the dependencies:  
+   `$ yarn`
+
+2. Launch the local web server:  
+   `$ yarn start`
 
-3. The local web server will be accessible from [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080).
+3. The local web server will be accessible via [http://localhost:1234](http://localhost:1234).
 
 ## Local Testing & Debugging
 
diff --git a/scripts/vendor.sh b/scripts/vendor.sh
index a1672259f..b2dc03823 100755
--- a/scripts/vendor.sh
+++ b/scripts/vendor.sh
@@ -4,37 +4,28 @@ set -e
 
 DATA=public/data
 SPEC=public/spec
-SCHEMA=schema
-
-CWD=$(pwd)
 
 echo "Copying data to '$DATA'."
-
-if [ ! -d "$DATA" ]; then
-  mkdir $DATA
-fi
-
-eval rsync -r "$CWD/node_modules/vega-datasets/data/*" $DATA
+rm -rf "$DATA"
+cp -R node_modules/vega-datasets/data/ "$DATA"
 
 echo "Copy examples to '$SPEC'."
 
-if [ ! -d "$SPEC" ]; then
-  mkdir $SPEC
-fi
-
 # without v!
 VEGA_VERSION=$(scripts/version.sh vega)
 VEGA_LITE_VERSION=$(scripts/version.sh vega-lite)
 
 pushd /tmp
-curl https://github.com/vega/vega/archive/refs/tags/v$VEGA_VERSION.tar.gz -L -o vega.tar.gz
-curl https://github.com/vega/vega-lite/archive/refs/tags/v$VEGA_LITE_VERSION.tar.gz -L -o vl.tar.gz
-tar xzf vega.tar.gz vega-$VEGA_VERSION/docs
-tar xzf vl.tar.gz vega-lite-$VEGA_LITE_VERSION/examples vega-lite-$VEGA_LITE_VERSION/site/_data
+curl "https://github.com/vega/vega/archive/refs/tags/v$VEGA_VERSION.tar.gz" -L -o vega.tar.gz
+curl "https://github.com/vega/vega-lite/archive/refs/tags/v$VEGA_LITE_VERSION.tar.gz" -L -o vl.tar.gz
+tar xzf vega.tar.gz "vega-$VEGA_VERSION/docs"
+tar xzf vl.tar.gz "vega-lite-$VEGA_LITE_VERSION/examples" "vega-lite-$VEGA_LITE_VERSION/site/_data"
 popd
 
-eval rsync -r "/tmp/vega-$VEGA_VERSION/docs/examples/*.vg.json" "$SPEC/vega"
-eval rsync -r "/tmp/vega-lite-$VEGA_LITE_VERSION/examples/specs/*.vl.json" "$SPEC/vega-lite/"
+rm -rf "$SPEC"
+mkdir -p "$SPEC/vega" "$SPEC/vega-lite"
+cp "/tmp/vega-$VEGA_VERSION/docs/examples/"*.vg.json "$SPEC/vega"
+cp "/tmp/vega-lite-$VEGA_LITE_VERSION/examples/specs/"*.vl.json "$SPEC/vega-lite/"
 
 cp "/tmp/vega-lite-$VEGA_LITE_VERSION/site/_data/examples.json" "$SPEC/vega-lite/index.json"
 cp "/tmp/vega-$VEGA_VERSION/docs/_data/examples.json" "$SPEC/vega/index.json"