diff --git a/contrib/frontends/django/nntpchan/nntpchan/settings.py b/contrib/frontends/django/nntpchan/nntpchan/settings.py
index 679dfa9..7f171c8 100644
--- a/contrib/frontends/django/nntpchan/nntpchan/settings.py
+++ b/contrib/frontends/django/nntpchan/nntpchan/settings.py
@@ -77,10 +77,8 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'nntpchan.wsgi.application'
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
-        'HOST': 'localhost',
-        'PASSWORD': 'jeff',
-        'USER': 'jeff',
-        'NAME': 'jeff',
+        'HOST': '/var/run/postgresql',
+        'NAME': 'postgres',
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/django/readme.md b/contrib/frontends/django/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba76925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/django/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# ebin
+
+django frontend for nntpchan
+
+## setup
+
+suggested setup is with pyvenv
+
+for a dev server, run:
+
+    python3 -m venv v
+    v/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
+    cd nntpchan
+    ../v/bin/python manage.py migrate
+    ../v/bin/pyrhon manage.py runserver
+