diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9108689e2..e5761a149 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ Install the python-simplejson
 
 apt-get install python-simplejson
 
- 
+
 Unzip and untar the source into a directory.  Change to the directory
-containing the program. Run: 
+containing the program. Run:
+
+    $ make
+
+To start Plinth, run:
+
+    $ ./start.sh
 
-    $ make 
-    $ ./plinth.py
-    
 and point your web browser at `localhost:8000`. The default username is "admin"
-and the default password is "secret". To actually edit the configuration of
-your local/dev machine, also run:
-
-    $ sudo ./exmachina/exmachina.py -v &
+and the default password is "secret".
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -53,5 +53,3 @@ The documentation has some dependencies too.
 Documentation has been collected into a pdf that can be built using
 `make doc`.  It also gets built into smaller files and other formats,
 including one suitable for install as a man page.
-
-<a name="installing_systemwide" />
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..01bc36e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+PYTHONPATH=../exmachina:$PYTHONPATH
+
+sudo killall exmachina.py
+sudo ../exmachina/exmachina.py -v &
+python plinth.py
+sudo killall exmachina.py