diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be96dfd..2434e9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 passwords/
 peertube.retry
+inventory
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b37ef6..14dd613 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Setup
 
-Configure your ssh connection in `inventory`.
+Copy `inventory.example` to `inventory`, and configure the hosts you want to work with.
 
 Install Python and Ansible:
 
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ Install Python and Ansible:
 
 Run the playbook:
 
-    ansible-playbook --become -K peertube.yml
-
-It will prompt for root password to escalate privileges through `sudo`.
+    ansible-playbook --become peertube.yml
 
 Note: If you run this on an existing server, make sure the file `passwords/*your-server*/postgres` exists and contains the correct password. Otherwise Ansible will change the password in Peertube, and it won't be able to connect to the database.
diff --git a/inventory b/inventory
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f91850..0000000
--- a/inventory
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[peertube]
-root@testing.peertube.social domain=testing.peertube.social
-#felix@peertube.social domain=peertube.social
-
-[all:vars]
-ansible_connection=ssh
diff --git a/inventory.example b/inventory.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..473c349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory.example
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[peertube]
+# define the username and hostname that you use for ssh connection, and specify the domain
+myuser@example.com domain=example.com
+# you can also use a host that is defined in your ssh config
+myserver domain=example.com
+
+[all:vars]
+ansible_connection=ssh