diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,16 +11,26 @@ The Docker image of the Shibboleth UI follows the TIER Docker packaging standard
 
 * Install Docker. These instructions require version 17.03.1 or higher.
 
-* TIER can build an image for Shib UI with something like the following:
+* TIER has the latest image for Shib UI. If for some reason you need to build your own, you can do it with something like the following:
 ```
 docker build --rm -t tier/shib-idp-ui
 ```
 
 * And then that image could be run with something like the following:
 ```
-docker run -p 8080:8080 tier/shib-idp-ui
+docker run -p 8080:8080 -v {yourlocalfile}:/opt/shibui/application.properties tier/shib-idp-ui
 ```
 
+Note that you'll almost certainly want to create a "local file" ('{yourlocalfile}' above) that contains the core application settings you want, overriding the defaults that in the Shib UI Jar file. Your file should be mounted at the location /opt/shibui/application.properties. The current set of supported properties is documentation in the Internet2 Github Shib UI repository, but is also shown at the end of this Readme.
+
+Now that you have it running, you could access it at something like:
+
+```
+http://localhost:8080
+```
+
+If you did not set an explicit password in your local application.properties, you'll have to look at the startup "console messages" and find the one generated at startup, with a line that starts: __Using generated security password:__. The username is: __user__ 
+
 ### Testbed environment
 
 * There is a "testbed" environment that you can build and run that is embedded into this repository. That testbed includes the:
@@ -40,4 +50,83 @@ git clone https://github.com/Internet2/shib-ui.git
 * Run the following command:
 ```
 docker-compose kill; docker-compose rm; docker-compose build && docker-compose up
-```
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+```
+
+You can then get started like above:
+
+```
+http://localhost:8080
+```
+
+### Default Properties
+
+This is a reflection of the default `application.properties` file included in the distribution. Note that lines
+beginning with `#` are commented out.
+
+```
+# Server Configuration
+#server.port=8080
+
+# Logging Configuration
+#logging.config=classpath:log4j2.xml
+
+logging.level.org.springframework=INFO
+logging.level.edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui=INFO
+
+# Database Credentials
+spring.datasource.username=shibui
+spring.datasource.password=shibui
+
+# Database Configuration H2
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:shibui;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
+spring.datasource.platform=h2
+spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
+spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+spring.h2.console.enabled=true
+
+
+# Database Configuration PostgreSQL
+#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/shibui
+#spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.postgresql.Driver
+#spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+
+#Maria/MySQL DB
+#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/shibui
+#spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
+#spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect
+
+# Liquibase properties
+spring.liquibase.enabled=false
+#spring.liquibase.change-log=classpath:edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/database/masterchangelog.xml
+
+# Hibernate properties
+# for production never ever use create, create-drop. It's BEST to use validate
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+spring.jpa.hibernate.naming.implicit-strategy=org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.ImplicitNamingStrategyJpaCompliantImpl
+spring.jpa.show-sql=false
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=false
+
+spring.jpa.hibernate.use-new-id-generator-mappings=true
+
+# Set the following property to periodically write out the generated metadata files. There is no default value; the following is just an example
+# shibui.metadata-dir=/opt/shibboleth-idp/metadata/generated
+shibui.logout-url=/dashboard
+
+# spring.profiles.active=default
+
+#shibui.default-password=
+
+#Actuator endpoints (info)
+# Un-comment to get full git details exposed like author, abbreviated SHA-1, commit message
+#management.info.git.mode=full
+
+###
+# metadata-providers.xml write configuration
+
+# Set the following property to periodically write out metadata providers configuration. There is no default value; the following is just an example
+# shibui.metadataProviders.target=file:/opt/shibboleth-idp/conf/shibui-metadata-providers.xml
+# shibui.metadataProviders.taskRunRate=30000
+```
+
+
+
diff --git a/common.bash b/common.bash
index 19abfc2..6bb1eb0 100644
--- a/common.bash
+++ b/common.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-maintainer=tier
-imagename=shib-idp-ui
+maintainer="tier"
+imagename="shib-idp-ui"
 version=1.4.1
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