diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46b08bd55..4e8f3908a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ View the website live here: https://2009scape.github.io/
 This website utilizes Jekyll to generate static pages. 
 
 1. Install Jekyll
-	- https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/
-2. Build the site (Inside project root)
-	- Windows: jekyll serve
-	- Unix: bundle exec jekyll serve
-3. Run a temporary  web server in `_site/`
-	- `python -m http.server`
+	* https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/
+2. Build and serve the site
+    * Inside project root run `jekyll serve` or alternatively:
+      	- Windows: `serve.bat`
+      	- Unix: `./serve.sh`
 
 For faster builds locally (from about 80 seconds to about 6 seconds) add:
 <pre>
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index ba1e3c278..88bdad888 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-encoding: UTF-8
\ No newline at end of file
+encoding: UTF-8
+exclude: [serve.bat, serve.sh, parse.py, README.md]
diff --git a/serve.bat b/serve.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bfad892e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serve.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+jekyll serve
diff --git a/serve.sh b/serve.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fcd62f56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serve.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+jekyll serve