diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c35346..a0e19c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ A django app running on Docker. Replaces _Aus GLAM Blogs_.
 * `cp .env.example .env` and enter env values for your app
 * set up web server config (nginx example coming soon)
 * `docker compose build`
-* `./glamr-dev makemigrations` (may get a DB connection error here, ignore it or run again)
 * `./glamr-dev migrate`
 * `./glamr-dev createsuperuser`
-* `docker compose up`
+* `docker compose up -d`
 * set up database backups (as cron jobs): `./glamr-dev backup`:
 * set up cron jobs for management commands as below
 
diff --git a/ausglamr/urls.py b/ausglamr/urls.py
index bec8f89..d1953ff 100644
--- a/ausglamr/urls.py
+++ b/ausglamr/urls.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ URL configuration for ausglamr project.
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path, re_path
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
 from blogs import views
 
@@ -64,4 +65,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.UnsubscribeEmail.as_view(),
         name="unsubscribe-email",
     ),
+    path('robots.txt', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='robots.txt',
+                                      content_type='text/plain')),
 ]
diff --git a/robots.txt b/blogs/templates/robots.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from robots.txt
rename to blogs/templates/robots.txt