diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01282bf..a1c7d7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
-# SolidStart
+### Running Mutiny Web
 
-Everything you need to build a Solid project, powered by [`solid-start`](https://start.solidjs.com);
-
-## Creating a project
-
-```bash
-# create a new project in the current directory
-npm init solid@latest
-
-# create a new project in my-app
-npm init solid@latest my-app
+```
+pnpm install
+pnpm run dev
 ```
 
-## Developing
+### Local
 
-Once you've created a project and installed dependencies with `npm install` (or `pnpm install` or `yarn`), start a development server:
+To make local development easier with a latest local version of [the node manager](https://github.com/MutinyWallet/mutiny-node), you may want to `pnpm link` it.
 
-```bash
-npm run dev
+Due to how [Vite's dev server works](https://vitejs.dev/config/server-options.html#server-fs-allow), the linked `mutiny-node` project folder should be a sibling of this `mutiny-web` folder. Alternatively you can change the allow path in `vite.config.ts`.
 
-# or start the server and open the app in a new browser tab
-npm run dev -- --open
+In your `mutiny-node` local repo:
+
+```
+just link
 ```
 
-## Building
+(on a Mac you might need to prefix `just link` with these flags: `AR=/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/llvm-ar CC=/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/clang`)
 
-Solid apps are built with _adapters_, which optimise your project for deployment to different environments.
+Now in this repo, link them.
 
-By default, `npm run build` will generate a Node app that you can run with `npm start`. To use a different adapter, add it to the `devDependencies` in `package.json` and specify in your `vite.config.js`.
+```
+just local
+```
+
+To revert back and use the remote version of mutiny-wasm:
+
+```
+just remote
+```
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7628d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+set dotenv-load := false
+
+dev:
+    pnpm run dev
+
+local:
+    pnpm link --global "@mutinywallet/mutiny-wasm"
+
+remote:
+    pnpm unlink "@mutinywallet/mutiny-wasm" && pnpm install
diff --git a/src/components/BalanceBox.tsx b/src/components/BalanceBox.tsx
index c1190eb..d0856c8 100644
--- a/src/components/BalanceBox.tsx
+++ b/src/components/BalanceBox.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default function BalanceBox() {
 
     const fetchOnchainBalance = async () => {
         console.log("Refetching onchain balance");
+        await state.node_manager?.sync();
         const balance = await state.node_manager?.get_balance();
         return balance
     };
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 2dfb851..a0966ea 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ const pwaOptions: Partial<VitePWAOptions> = {
 export default defineConfig({
   server: {
     port: 3420,
+    fs: {
+      // Allow serving files from one level up (so that if mutiny-node is a sibling folder we can use it locally)
+      allow: [".."]
+    }
   },
   plugins: [wasm(), solid({ ssr: false }), VitePWA(pwaOptions)],
   resolve: {
@@ -50,4 +54,5 @@ export default defineConfig({
     // This is necessary because otherwise `vite dev` can't find the wasm
     exclude: ["@mutinywallet/mutiny-wasm", "@mutinywallet/waila-wasm"],
   },
+
 });