diff --git a/testproject/Dockerfile b/testproject/Dockerfile
index 721f12f..e7e49c4 100644
--- a/testproject/Dockerfile
+++ b/testproject/Dockerfile
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ FROM ubuntu:16.04
 
 MAINTAINER Andrew Godwin <andrew@aeracode.org>
 
+# python-dev \
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y \
         git \
-        python-dev \
         python-setuptools \
         python-pip && \
     pip install -U pip
diff --git a/testproject/README.rst b/testproject/README.rst
index 00dbac1..2808cbe 100644
--- a/testproject/README.rst
+++ b/testproject/README.rst
@@ -3,3 +3,64 @@ Channels Test Project
 
 This subdirectory contains benchmarking code and a companion Django project
 that can be used to benchmark Channels for both HTTP and WebSocket performance.
+
+Preparation:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Set up a Python 2.7 virtualenv however you do that and activate it.
+
+    e.g. to create it right in the test directory (assuming python 2 is your system's default)::
+
+        virtualenv channels-test-py27
+        source channels-test-py27/bin/activate
+        pip install -U -r requirements.txt
+
+How to use with Docker:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Build the docker image from Dockerfile, tag it `channels-test`::
+
+        docker build -t channels-test .
+
+    Run the server::
+
+        docker-compose up -d
+
+    The benchmark project will now be running on: http:{your-docker-ip}:80
+
+    Test it by navigating to that address in a browser.  It should just say "OK".
+
+    It is also running a WebSocket server at: ws://{your-docker-ip}:80
+
+    Run the benchmark's help to show the parameters::
+
+        python benchmark.py --help
+
+    Let's just try a quick test with the default values from the parameter list::
+
+        python benchmark.py ws://localhost:80
+
+How to use with runserver:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    You must have a local Redis server running on localhost:6739 for this to work!  If you happen
+    to be running Docker, this can easily be done with::
+
+        docker run -d --name redis_local -p 6379:6379 redis:alpine
+
+    Just to make sure you're up to date with migrations, run::
+
+        python manage.py migrate
+
+    In one terminal window, run the server with::
+
+        python manage.py runserver
+
+    In another terminal window, run the benchmark with::
+
+        python benchmark.py ws://localhost:8000
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/testproject/docker-compose.yml b/testproject/docker-compose.yml
index cf01e72..a0603fd 100644
--- a/testproject/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/testproject/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '2'
 services:
     redis:
-        image: redis
+        image: redis:alpine
     daphne:
         image: channels-test
         build: .
diff --git a/testproject/requirements.txt b/testproject/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d4a5aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testproject/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+asgi-redis==0.13.1
+asgiref==0.13.3
+autobahn==0.14.1
+channels==0.14.2
+daphne==0.12.1
+Django==1.9.7
+docutils==0.12
+msgpack-python==0.4.7
+redis==2.10.5
+six==1.10.0
+statistics==1.0.3.5
+Twisted==16.2.0
+txaio==2.5.1
+zope.interface==4.2.0