diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7fa6a6d9..a4c5d4e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ config.toml
 /builds
 data/
 output.log
+tmp/
diff --git a/crates/floresta/src/lib.rs b/crates/floresta/src/lib.rs
index fb6767b5..2fb1d465 100644
--- a/crates/floresta/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/floresta/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 //! handle the peer-to-peer protocol. It is not a full node, it doesn't store the blockchain
 //! or validate data, it just sends and receives messages.
 //!
-//! Floresta also provides a simple watch-only wallet an an electrum server implementation.
+//! Floresta also provides a simple watch-only wallet and an electrum server implementation.
 //! They are meant to be used in `florestad`, a full node implementation that uses all the
 //! crates in this project.
 //!
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 37e190dc..5d72ea75 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -56,11 +56,25 @@ cargo run --release -- -c config.toml --network signet run
 ```
 
 ### Running the tests
+
+#### Requirements
+
+```bash
+cargo build
+```
+
 There's a set of unit tests that you can run with
 ```bash
 cargo test
 ```
 
+There's also a set of functional tests that you can run with
+
+```bash
+pip3 install -r tests/requirements.txt
+python tests/run_tests.py
+```
+
 ### Contributing
 Contributions are welcome, feel free to open an issue or a pull request. There's not really a set of guidelines for contributing other than the code compiling and the tests passing. If you want to contribute but don't know where to start, take a look at the issues, there's a few of them marked as `good first issue`.