diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af82714..6082fce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ LBOS_ARCH=riscv32 cargo build --release --target riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf --
 cd ..
 # the following is required to convert the ELF output to the DDI format that lbos uses
 cd makeddi
-run -- ../turntable/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/turntable ../turntable/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/TURNTBL.DDI
+cargo run -- ../turntable/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/turntable ../turntable/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/TURNTBL.DDI
 cd ..
 ```
 ### EXAMPLE.DDI
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ LBOS_ARCH=riscv32 cargo build --release --target riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf --
 cd ..
 # the following is required to convert the ELF output to the DDI format that lbos uses
 cd makeddi
-run -- ../example/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/example ../example/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/EXAMPLE.DDI
+cargo run -- ../example/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/example ../example/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/EXAMPLE.DDI
 cd ..
 ```
 
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ qemu-system-riscv32 -machine virt -bios none -drive if=none,format=raw,file=/dev
 (note that this will take over your terminal and steal CTRL+C, so you'll need to kill it by closing the terminal or
 manually killing the process)
 
+in the shell you can currently do two things:
+- `ls` will list files in the root directory
+- `<file>` will run the program `<file>` in the root directory, always capitalize your file name!
+
 ## developing programs
 currently, the best way to program is to use rust and link to the liblbos library included in this repo,
 you should be able to using something like