diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 142db0a9f..96d57142a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,31 @@ More documentation can be found [here](http://nodered.org/docs).
 For further help, or general discussion, please use the
 [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/node-red).
 
+## Developers
+
+If you want to run the latest code from git, here's how to get started:
+
+1. Install grunt, the build tool
+
+        npm install -g grunt-cli
+
+2. Clone the code:
+
+        git clone git@github.com:node-red/node-red.git
+        cd node-red
+
+3. Install the node-red dependencies
+
+        npm install
+
+4. Build the code
+
+        grunt build
+
+5. Run
+
+        node red.js
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Before raising a pull-request, please read our
diff --git a/red/red.js b/red/red.js
index c4208a818..98a7cc7b9 100644
--- a/red/red.js
+++ b/red/red.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function checkBuild() {
     try {
         var stats = fs.statSync(editorFile);
     } catch(err) {
-        var e = new Error("Node-RED build not run");
+        var e = new Error("Node-RED not built");
         e.code = "not_built";
         throw e;
     }