diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,11 +108,21 @@
 ```
 #### Running with Docker
 
+You can run a pre-built toodles for your current directory via docker:
+
+```bash
+# execute toodles for the directory you are currently in:
+$ docker run -it -v $(pwd):/repo -p 9001:9001 aviaviavi/toodles
+```
+
+Just mount your project into the container's `/repo` and direct a port of your choice to the container's `9001`.
+
 For convenience this repository also provides a `Dockerfile` to automatically
 build toodles.
 
 ```bash
 # to build container run:
+$ cd /path/to/toodles/repo
 $ docker build -t toodles .
 # afterwards you can run the following command to execute toodles for the
 # directory you are currently in:
@@ -134,4 +144,18 @@
 
 */
 ```
+
+### Contributing
+
+Contributions in any form are welcome! A few bits of info:
+
+- Don't be shy, ask questions! Contributing to Toodles should be welcoming for
+  people at any level of programming familiarity. Whether it's a new feature,
+  bug fix, or docs, any contribution is very appreciated.
+- Before you start coding, please comment or mark a particular issue as "in
+  progress", or even open your pull request as a work in progress (WIP). This is
+  to help avoid having multiple people work on the same thing.
+- If github issues don't cut it, feel free to reach out on twitter
+  [@avi_press](https://twitter.com/avi_press)
+
 
diff --git a/app/Server.hs b/app/Server.hs
--- a/app/Server.hs
+++ b/app/Server.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric       #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators       #-}
 
 module Server where
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import           Data.Aeson             (FromJSON)
+import           Data.Aeson.Types
 import           Data.Either
 import           Data.IORef
 import           Data.List              (find, nub)
@@ -24,7 +26,6 @@
 import           Data.Text              (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text              as T
 import qualified Data.Yaml              as Y
-import           GHC.Generics           (Generic)
 import           Servant
 import           System.Directory
 import           System.IO.HVFS
@@ -39,8 +40,15 @@
 data ToodlesConfig = ToodlesConfig
   { ignore :: [FilePath]
   , flags  :: [UserFlag]
-  } deriving (Show, Generic, FromJSON)
+  } deriving (Show)
 
+instance FromJSON ToodlesConfig where
+  parseJSON (Object o) = do
+    parsedIgnore <- o .:? "ignore"  .!= []
+    parsedFlags <- o .:? "flags"  .!= []
+    return $ ToodlesConfig parsedIgnore parsedFlags
+  parseJSON invalid    = typeMismatch "Invalid config" invalid
+
 app :: ToodlesState -> Application
 app s = serve toodlesAPI server
 
@@ -143,10 +151,10 @@
     listIfNotNull s  = [s]
 
     renderFlag :: Flag -> Text
-    renderFlag TODO                = "TODO"
-    renderFlag FIXME               = "FIXME"
-    renderFlag XXX                 = "XXX"
-    renderFlag (UF (UserFlag x))   = x
+    renderFlag TODO              = "TODO"
+    renderFlag FIXME             = "FIXME"
+    renderFlag XXX               = "XXX"
+    renderFlag (UF (UserFlag x)) = x
 
 -- | Given a function to emit new lines for a given todo, write that update in
 -- place of the current todo lines
diff --git a/toodles.cabal b/toodles.cabal
--- a/toodles.cabal
+++ b/toodles.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 name: toodles
-version: 0.1.1
+version: 0.1.2
 license: MIT
 license-file: LICENSE
 copyright: 2018 Avi Press