diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,49 +7,34 @@ the old, phpVMS classic, it's [available here](https://github.com/nabeelio/phpvm
 
 # installation
 
-A full distribution, with all of the composer dependencies, is available at this [tarball link](http://phpvms.net/downloads/nightly.tar.gz). 
-It's currently updated with every commit
+A full distribution, with all of the composer dependencies, is available at this 
+[tarball link](http://phpvms.net/downloads/phpvms-7.0.0-master.tar.gz). It's currently 
+updated with every commit
 
-## Composer Access
+### Composer Access
 
 run the following commands. for right now, we're running on sqlite. for mysql, set 
-`DB_CONNECTION` to `mysql` in the `.env` file.
+`DB_CONNECTION` to `mysql` in the `env.php` file.
 
 ```bash
-cp .env.dev.example .env
+cp env.php.example env.php
 composer install --no-interaction
 php artisan database:create
 php artisan migrate:refresh --seed
 ```
 
-then point your webserver to the `/public` folder. for example, in nginx:
-
-```nginx
-server {
-    listen 80 default_server;
-    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
-
-    root /var/www/laravel/public;
-    index index.php index.html index.htm;
-
-    server_name localhost;
-
-    location / {
-            try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
-    }
-}
-```
+then point your webserver to the `/public` folder.
 
 ## development environment
 
-For development, copy the included `.env.dev.example` to `.env` file. By default, it uses sqlite
+For development, copy the included `env.php.example` to `env.php` file. By default, it uses sqlite
 instead of mysql. This makes it much easier to be able to clear the database and new fixtures.
 
 The easiest way to load locally is to install [Laravel Valet](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/valet) 
 (if you're running a Mac). Once you install it, go to your phpvms directory, and run:
 
 ```bash
-cp .env.dev.example .env
+cp env.php.example env.php
 php artisan key:generate
 make install   # this will install everything
 valet link phpvms
@@ -57,7 +42,7 @@ valet link phpvms
 
 Now going to [http://phpvms.dev](http://phpvms.dev) should work. If you want to use mysql,
 follow the valet directions on installing mysql (`brew install mysql`) and then update the
-`.env` file to point to the mysql.
+`env.php` file to point to the mysql.
 
 The default username and password are "admin@phpvms.net" and "admin". 
 To see the available users in the development environment, [see this file](https://github.com/nabeelio/phpvms/blob/master/database/seeds/dev.yml#L10) 
@@ -83,27 +68,6 @@ There is a `database/seeds/dev.yml` which contains the initial seed data that ca
 for testing. For production use, there is a `prod.yml` file. The `make reset` handles seeding
 the database with the data from the `dev.yml`.
 
-### virtual machine
-
-Using [Laravel Homestead](https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/homestead) is one way to get your dev
-environment working if you're on Windows or don't want to install any Homebrew services 
-on your Mac. Follow their instructions for install. A `Vagrantfile` and `Homestead.yaml`
-is included here. Add this to your `/etc/hosts`:
-
-```bash
-127.0.0.1       phpvms.app
-```
-
-And then to launch:
-
-```bash
-vagrant up
-```
-
-And then accessing it via `http://phpvms.app` should just work.
-
-(TODO: redis information, etc)
-
 # updating
 
 extract files and run the migrations:
@@ -111,5 +75,3 @@ extract files and run the migrations:
 ```bash
 php artisan migrate
 ```
-
-![](http://i.imgur.com/bMh1xn6.png)