diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 42f0f2cc..5a5107e3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ Install
 ``piker`` is currently under heavy alpha development and as such should
 be cloned from this repo and hacked on directly.
 
+A couple very alpha components are being used atm pertaining to
+async ports of libraries for use with ``trio``.
+
+Before installing make sure you have ``pip`` and ``virtualenv``.
+
+Then for a development install::
+
+    $ git clone git@github.com:pikers/piker.git
+    $ cd piker
+    $ virtualenv env
+    $ source ./env/bin/activate
+    (env) $ pip install cython
+    (env) $ pip install -e ./ -r requirements.txt
+
+To start the real-time watchlist::
+
+    (env) $ piker watch cannabis
+
 If you insist on trying to install it (which should work) please do it
 from this GitHub repository::
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26f8be53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# matham's next-gen async port of kivy
+git+git://github.com/matham/kivy.git@async-loop
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 71b5ed49..07d86eb4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ setup(
     },
     install_requires=[
         'click', 'colorlog', 'trio', 'attrs', 'async_generator',
-        'pygments', 'cython', 'kivy', 'asks', 'pandas',
+        'pygments', 'cython', 'asks', 'pandas',
+        #'kivy',  see requirement.txt; using a custom branch atm
     ],
     extras_require={
         'questrade': ['asks'],