diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index f1dad1ebc..4d3f6f05c 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# For First-Time Developers
+See the [React Chat App](/examples/react-chat-app) which has step-by-step instructions to get it going.
+
 # Community Examples
 
 Coming soon!
diff --git a/examples/react-chat-app/.hz/config.toml b/examples/react-chat-app/.hz/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e18b27915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/react-chat-app/.hz/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+project_name = "react_chat_app"
+
+# You probably don't want these options on a public server...
+# But it makes the example app easier to run
+auto_create_collection = true
+auto_create_index = true
diff --git a/examples/react-chat-app/README.md b/examples/react-chat-app/README.md
index 763afb88b..cab15b7bf 100644
--- a/examples/react-chat-app/README.md
+++ b/examples/react-chat-app/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 <center>![](https://i.imgur.com/XFostB8.gif)</center>
 
+## Running this example
+1. Install Horizon: "npm install -g horizon"
+2. Install RethinkDB: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/
+3. Run "horizon serve --dev" in this directory
+4. Open http://127.0.0.1:8181
 
 ## Ideas for future
 
diff --git a/examples/react-chat-app/dist/index.html b/examples/react-chat-app/dist/index.html
index dc46491fc..f2200a070 100644
--- a/examples/react-chat-app/dist/index.html
+++ b/examples/react-chat-app/dist/index.html
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.6/react-with-addons.js"></script>
   <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.6/react-dom.js"></script>
   <script src="https://fb.me/JSXTransformer-0.13.3.js"></script>
-  <script src="://localhost:8181/horizon/horizon.js"></script>
   <script src="/horizon/horizon.js"></script>
   <script type="text/jsx" src="app.jsx"></script>