diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -12,33 +12,34 @@ Ruff will pick up the configuration defined in the `pyproject.toml` file automat
 ## Testing a development branch
 
 `flamingo` is intended to be installed as a pip requirement in the runtime environment of a Ray job.
-However, when developing the package locally it is desirable to be able to test your branch
-by running jobs from it before publishing a new library version.
-This is possible by submitting your Ray job with a runtime environment that points to your local,
-in-development copy of the `flamingo` repo.
+However, it is often desirable to test local branches on Ray before publishing a new version of the library.
+This is possible submitting a Ray job with a runtime environment that points to your 
+development branch of the `flamingo` repo.
 
+To do so, follow the steps:
 
-This can be done by the following steps:
 1. Export a copy of the package dependencies by running:
 
-```poetry export --without-hashes --with finetuning,evaluation -o requirements.txt```
+    ```
+    poetry export --without-hashes --with finetuning,evaluation -o requirements.txt
+    ```
 
-This will create a `requirements.txt` file in the repository that contains the dependencies
-for the `finetuning` and `evaluation` job groups.
+    The following command will create a `requirements.txt` file in the repository 
+    that contains the dependencies for the `finetuning` and `evaluation` job groups:
 
 2. In your Ray runtime environment, specify the following:
 
     - `py_modules`: Local path to the `flamingo` module folder (located at `src/flamingo` in the workspace).
     - `pip`: Local path to the `requirements.txt` file generated above.
 
-```<code snippet, assuming you are in `$SOURCE`>```
-
 3. Submit your job with an entrypoint command that invokes `flamingo` directly as a module, eg:
 
-```python -m flamingo run finetuning --config cofig.yaml```
+    ```
+    python -m flamingo run finetuning --config config.yaml
+    ```
 
-This is necessary because `py_modules` uploads the `flamingo` module
-but does not install its entrypoint in the environment path.
+    This is necessary because `py_modules` uploads the `flamingo` module
+    but does not install its entrypoint in the environment path.
 
 An example of this workflow can be found in the `examples/dev_workflow.ipynb` notebook.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@
 ### Installation
 
 This project is built using the [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/) build tool.
-Follow the [installation guide](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation)
-to install Poetry into your local Python environmennt.
-
-Once Poetry is installed, you can install `flamingo` for development by running:
+First, install Poetry in your local environment via
+```
+curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 - -y
+```
+or see the [installation guide](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation)
+for more instructions.
 
+Once Poetry is installed, you can install `flamingo` for development by running
 ```
 poetry lock
 poetry install
 ```
-
 This will install an editable version of the package along with all of its dependency groups.
 Poetry should recognize your active virtual environment during installation
 and install the package dependencies there.