diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 151699975..bb62a6288 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 Install `limbo` with:
 
-```
+```shell 
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf \
   https://github.com/penberg/limbo/releases/latest/download/limbo-installer.sh | sh
 ```
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ print(res.fetchone())
 
 ## Developing
 
+Build and run `limbo` cli: 
+
+```shell 
+cargo run --package limbo --bin limbo database.db
+```
+
 Run tests:
 
 ```console