diff --git a/CONFIG-Template.md b/CONFIG-Template.md
index dbdc191..aa1f097 100644
--- a/CONFIG-Template.md
+++ b/CONFIG-Template.md
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ out that are not applicable to a wide range of people. Place advanced
 use-cases in the appropriate sections of the wiki, like the
 [Configuration Guide](https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki/Config-Guide).
 
+
+## Using the Template
+
+Use these commands to get a copy of the template to your disk (note that this **overwrites** an existing `~/.rtorrent.rc` you might have), and create the root directory for your instance:
+
+```sh
+curl -Ls "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rakshasa/rtorrent/CONFIG-Template.md" \
+    | sed -ne "/^######/,/^### END/p" \
+    | sed -re "s:/home/USERNAME:$HOME:" >~/.rtorrent.rc
+mkdir -p ~/rtorrent/
+```
+
+Then (re-)start rTorrent.
+
 ## The Template
 
 Also see [Load ‘Drop-In’ Config Fragments](http://rtorrent-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/use-cases.html#drop-in-config)
@@ -33,7 +47,7 @@ from files in a ``config.d`` directory.
 
 
 ## Instance layout (base paths)
-method.insert = cfg.basedir,  private|const|string, (cat,"~/rtorrent/")
+method.insert = cfg.basedir,  private|const|string, (cat,"/home/USERNAME/rtorrent/")
 method.insert = cfg.download, private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.basedir),"download/")
 method.insert = cfg.logs,     private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.basedir),"log/")
 method.insert = cfg.logfile,  private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.logs),"rtorrent-",(system.time),".log")
@@ -143,4 +157,6 @@ print = (cat, "Logging to ", (cfg.logfile))
 log.open_file = "log", (cfg.logfile)
 log.add_output = "info", "log"
 #log.add_output = "tracker_debug", "log"
+
+### END of rtorrent.rc ###
 ```
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