diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cae25f9abdd397c5be576b91fc5b2170ad18efd5..6b76ce4463c14ddc0fb07fb9bd6f06bfbf8e2e08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,6 @@ TAGS
 
 lib/
 env/
+
+# egg from setuptools install
+common/python/nomadcore.egg-info/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8198d049583d485d3f1dd1848dfced0748f543e9..2b1e000053ab8f723a17e61c55bde4f634629b45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,25 +20,38 @@ then this will be in python-common within it.
 
 # Local Install
 
-The following instructions were tested on Ubuntu 14.04. With these instructions you can install the package for the local user (doesn't need root privileges). First make sure you have [pip](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip) available. If not, you can install it with:
+The following instructions were tested on Ubuntu 14.04. With these instructions
+you can install the package for the local user (doesn't need root privileges).
+First make sure you have [pip](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip) available. If
+not, you can install it for python 2.x with:
 
 ```sh
 wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
 python get-pip.py --user
 ```
 
+or for python3 with:
+
+```sh
+wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
+python3 get-pip.py --user
+```
+
 The modules used for parser development are located under the 'nomadcore'
 package. If you wish to setup this package locally, you can do so by first
-installing the required dependencies.
+installing the required dependencies (use pip3 for python3 setup)
 
 ```sh
 pip install -r requirements.txt --user
+#pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user
 ```
 
-and then installing the package itself with the provided installation script:
+and then installing the package itself with the provided installation
+script(use python3 for python3 setup)
 
 ```sh
 python setup.py develop --user
+#python3 setup.py develop --user
 ```
 
 This will install a development version, which means that if you update the