diff --git a/examples/todo/Cargo.toml b/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
index 1226199b..df1e403a 100644
--- a/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ lazy_static = "*"
 serde = "0.8"
 serde_json = "0.8"
 serde_derive = "0.8"
-diesel = "0.9"
+diesel = { version = "0.9", features = ["sqlite"] }
 diesel_codegen = { version = "0.9", features = ["sqlite"] }
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
diff --git a/examples/todo/README.md b/examples/todo/README.md
index f284443b..c7f81025 100644
--- a/examples/todo/README.md
+++ b/examples/todo/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-Rocket Todo Example
-===================
+# Rocket Todo Example
 
-Before running this example, you'll need to ensure there's a database file
-present. You can do this with Diesel.
+This example makes use of a SQLite database via `diesel` to store todo tasks. As
+a result, you'll need to have `sqlite3` and its headers installed:
 
-Running migration with Diesel
------------------------------
+  * **OS X:** `brew install sqlite`
+  * **Debian/Ubuntu:** `apt-get install libsqlite3-dev`
+  * **Arch:** `pacman -S sqlite`
 
-Just run the following commands in your shell:
+**Before running this example, you'll also need to ensure there's a database
+file with the correct tables present.** On a Unix machine or with bash
+installed, you can simply run the `boostrap.sh` script. The script installs the
+`diesel_cli` tools if they're not already installed and runs the migrations.
+
+## Manually Running Migrations
+
+You can also run the migrations manually with the following commands:
 
 ```
-cargo install diesel_cli # installs the diesel CLI tools
-DATABASE_URL=db/db.sql diesel migration run # create db/db.sql
+cargo install diesel_cli                     # install diesel CLI tools
+DATABASE_URL=db/db.sql diesel migration run  # create db/db.sql
 ```