diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+
+# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
+lib-cov
+
+# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
+coverage
+
+# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
+.grunt
+
+# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
+build/Release
+
+# Dependency directory
+# Deployed apps should consider commenting this line out:
+# see https://npmjs.org/doc/faq.html#Should-I-check-my-node_modules-folder-into-git
+node_modules
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+JLambda
+=======
+
 JLambda is a functional language in the spirit of languages such as Scheme,
 SML, or Clean. It aims to have a very flexible syntax and a clean and easy to
 understand type system. Another goal is to generate very efficient JavaScript
@@ -11,3 +14,18 @@ JLambda also aims to support concurrency which will be built on a
 continuation-passing style intermediate language. I have not figured out how
 scheduling threads will work, or whether I will provide any programmer directed
 way of scheduling (i.e. yield).
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+    git clone git@github.com:nisstyre56/JLambda.git
+    cd JLambda
+    npm install
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Since the language is currently under heavy construction, the parser is the
+entry point for now:
+
+    cat example.jl | ./parse.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "JLambda",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "yet another static functional language implemented in JS",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "./test.js"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/nisstyre56/JLambda.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "static",
+    "functional",
+    "language"
+  ],
+  "author": "nisstyre56",
+  "license": "ΩF:∅",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/nisstyre56/JLambda/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/nisstyre56/JLambda",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "underscore": "^1.6.0"
+  }
+}