diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 959fd78..586e2f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ The `mpv_syndicate` program starts an idle mpv instance and waits for assertions
 that enqueue videos. When this program is renamed (symlinked to `mpv_syndicate`)
 then it will enqueue each URI passed as command arguments.
 
+Requires a local [Syndicate server](https://syndicate-lang.org/tools/broker/)
+and is hardcoded to open a UNIX socket at `/run/syndicate/ds`.
+
 ```sh
-nimble build
+nimble build # probably won't work, nimble is deprecated (unofficially)
 ln -s mpv_syndicate enque_video
 
 ./enque_video file:///tmp/foo.mkv &