diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b46f709..87f5f4f9 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ See the [usage documentation](./docs/usage.md) for more information.
     # Or: npm install
     npm start
 
-Open `http://localhost:8080/webpack-dev-server/` in your browser.
+`http://localhost:8080/` should automatically open in your browser.
 
     # Run tests and lint checks
     npm test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0964c41f..dff0375a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "analyze": "webpack --config=config/webpack.bundle-analyzer.js",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build-library",
     "serve": "http-server ./built",
-    "start": "webpack-dev-server --config=config/webpack.dev.js",
+    "start": "webpack-dev-server --open --config=config/webpack.dev.js",
     "stats": "webpack --config=config/webpack.prod.js --json > stats.json",
     "stats-library": "webpack --config=config/webpack.library.js --json > stats.json",
     "weight": "npm run build-library > /dev/null && gzip-size built/webamp.bundle.min.js",