diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bde2d7d..ec8ec17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ It's designed to be flexible and share your writing widely, so it's built around
 * Start a blog for yourself, or host a community of writers
 * Form larger federated networks, and interact over modern protocols like ActivityPub
 * Write on a fast, dead-simple, and distraction-free editor
-* Format text with Markdown, and organize posts with hashtags
+* [Format text](https://howto.write.as/getting-started) with Markdown
+* [Organize posts](https://howto.write.as/organization) with hashtags
+* Create [static pages](https://howto.write.as/creating-a-static-page)
 * Publish drafts and let others proofread them by sharing a private link
 * Create multiple lightweight blogs under a single account
 * Export all data in plain text files
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ Ready to hack on your site? Here's a quick overview.
 ### Setting up
 
 ```bash
-go get github.com/writeas/writefreely/cmd/writefreely
+go get -d github.com/writeas/writefreely/cmd/writefreely
 ```
 
 Configure your site, create your database, and import the schema [as shown above](#quick-start). Then generate the remaining files you'll need:
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ working on it, though!
 
 ## Contributing
 
-We gladly welcome contributions to WriteFreely, whether in the form of [code](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-writefreely), [bug reports](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/issues/new?template=bug_report.md), [feature requests](https://discuss.write.as/c/feedback/feature-requests), [translations](https://poeditor.com/join/project/TIZ6HFRFdE), or documentation improvements.
+We gladly welcome contributions to WriteFreely, whether in the form of [code](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-writefreely), [bug reports](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/issues/new?template=bug_report.md), [feature requests](https://discuss.write.as/c/feedback/feature-requests), [translations](https://poeditor.com/join/project/TIZ6HFRFdE), or [documentation](https://github.com/writefreely/documentation) improvements.
 
 Before contributing anything, please read our [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-writefreely). It describes the correct channels for submitting contributions and any potential requirements.
 
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 202b3e8..6b5fbb4 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -239,7 +239,11 @@ func Serve() {
 			defer shutdown(app)
 
 			if !app.db.DatabaseInitialized() {
-				adminInitDatabase(app)
+				err = adminInitDatabase(app)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error(err.Error())
+					os.Exit(1)
+				}
 			}
 
 			u := &User{
@@ -294,11 +298,26 @@ func Serve() {
 		loadConfig(app)
 		connectToDatabase(app)
 		defer shutdown(app)
-		adminInitDatabase(app)
+		err := adminInitDatabase(app)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if *createAdmin != "" {
-		adminCreateUser(app, *createAdmin, true)
+		err := adminCreateUser(app, *createAdmin, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if *createUser != "" {
-		adminCreateUser(app, *createUser, false)
+		err := adminCreateUser(app, *createUser, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if *resetPassUser != "" {
 		// Connect to the database
 		loadConfig(app)
@@ -513,12 +532,15 @@ func shutdown(app *app) {
 	app.db.Close()
 }
 
-func adminCreateUser(app *app, credStr string, isAdmin bool) {
+func adminCreateUser(app *app, credStr string, isAdmin bool) error {
 	// Create an admin user with --create-admin
 	creds := strings.Split(credStr, ":")
 	if len(creds) != 2 {
-		log.Error("usage: writefreely --create-admin username:password")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		c := "user"
+		if isAdmin {
+			c = "admin"
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("usage: writefreely --create-%s username:password", c)
 	}
 
 	loadConfig(app)
@@ -530,14 +552,12 @@ func adminCreateUser(app *app, credStr string, isAdmin bool) {
 	if isAdmin {
 		// Abort if trying to create admin user, but one already exists
 		if firstUser != nil {
-			log.Error("Admin user already exists (%s). Create a regular user with: writefreely --create-user", firstUser.Username)
-			os.Exit(1)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Admin user already exists (%s). Create a regular user with: writefreely --create-user", firstUser.Username)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Abort if trying to create regular user, but no admin exists yet
 		if firstUser == nil {
-			log.Error("No admin user exists yet. Create an admin first with: writefreely --create-admin")
-			os.Exit(1)
+			return fmt.Errorf("No admin user exists yet. Create an admin first with: writefreely --create-admin")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -555,15 +575,13 @@ func adminCreateUser(app *app, credStr string, isAdmin bool) {
 	}
 
 	if !author.IsValidUsername(app.cfg, username) {
-		log.Error("Username %s is invalid, reserved, or shorter than configured minimum length (%d characters).", usernameDesc, app.cfg.App.MinUsernameLen)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Username %s is invalid, reserved, or shorter than configured minimum length (%d characters).", usernameDesc, app.cfg.App.MinUsernameLen)
 	}
 
 	// Hash the password
 	hashedPass, err := auth.HashPass([]byte(password))
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to hash password: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to hash password: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	u := &User{
@@ -579,14 +597,13 @@ func adminCreateUser(app *app, credStr string, isAdmin bool) {
 	log.Info("Creating %s %s...", userType, usernameDesc)
 	err = app.db.CreateUser(u, desiredUsername)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to create user: %s", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create user: %s", err)
 	}
 	log.Info("Done!")
-	os.Exit(0)
+	return nil
 }
 
-func adminInitDatabase(app *app) {
+func adminInitDatabase(app *app) error {
 	schemaFileName := "schema.sql"
 	if app.cfg.Database.Type == driverSQLite {
 		schemaFileName = "sqlite.sql"
@@ -594,8 +611,7 @@ func adminInitDatabase(app *app) {
 
 	schema, err := Asset(schemaFileName)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to load schema file: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to load schema file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	tblReg := regexp.MustCompile("CREATE TABLE (IF NOT EXISTS )?`([a-z_]+)`")
@@ -623,10 +639,9 @@ func adminInitDatabase(app *app) {
 	log.Info("Updating appmigrations table...")
 	err = migrations.SetInitialMigrations(migrations.NewDatastore(app.db.DB, app.db.driverName))
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to set initial migrations: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to set initial migrations: %v", err)
 	}
-	log.Info("Done.")
 
-	os.Exit(0)
+	log.Info("Done.")
+	return nil
 }