diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3eb5213..f4f0a59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ```bash
 # ---------------------------
 # 1. Environment setup (Ubuntu 20.04)
+
+# - assumes the account name is "deployer"
 # ---------------------------
 
 # install deps
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ sudo nano /etc/systemd/user/tower.service
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl --user start tower.service
 systemctl --user enable tower.service
+
+# Enable systemd persistence
+loginctl enable-linger deployer
 ```
 
 ### Debug
@@ -58,4 +63,4 @@ systemctl --user enable tower.service
 ```bash
 tail -n 100 -f ~/logs/node.log
 tail -n 100 -f ~/logs/tower.log
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```