diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ Next step, (Windows) subfolder mode or B: option doesn't matter choose either
 
 [if on Linux] run `commandline.sh`
 
-`commandline.bat/commandline.sh` will put you in KoboldAI's virtual environment (as shown by (base) affixed to the prompt).
-
+`commandline.bat/commandline.sh` will put you in KoboldAI's virtual environment.
+On Windows, this will show (base) at the start of the prompt line.
+If it shows (base) on Linux, you most likely have a base conda environment that you need to deactivate (`conda deactivate`)
 
+Then run
 `cd repos`
 
 `cd gptq`
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ Then move your model folder to KoboldAI/models, and rename the .pt or .safetenso
 
 So - your .pt's model folder should look like this: "4bit.pt, config.json, generation_config.json, pytorch_model.bin.index.json, special_tokens_map.json, tokenizer.model, tokenizer_config.json" Note: the 4bit.pt file can be in the same folder as the regular HF .bin files it was quantized from, so long as the 4-bit toggle switch is on, it'll load the quantized model (4-bit switch explained below).
 
-If you haven't done so already, exit the command prompt/leave KAI's (base) venv
+If you haven't done so already, exit the command prompt/leave KAI's conda env. (Close the commandline window on Windows, run `exit` on Linux)
 
 Run `play.bat` [windows] or `play.sh` [linux]