diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 669266c71bf8d47028923db302b297e48baef243..c22730efdb7c99796a69efc7698e147e2634fecb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: null
+---
+
 Program Specification & Verification Group Website: http://psvg.doc.ic.ac.uk/
 =============================================================================
 
@@ -6,6 +10,8 @@ Program Specification & Verification Group Website: http://psvg.doc.ic.ac.uk/
 The source code for [this site](http://psvg.doc.ic.ac.uk) is [hosted on the DoC GitLab server](https://gitlab.doc.ic.ac.uk/resource-reasoning/www-rw.doc.ic.ac.uk),
 you should have access to edit it if a member of the resource-reasoning group.
 
+**DO NOT EDIT THE SOURCE CODE IN `/vol/rr/www`, IT IS ALL REPLACED EACH TIME THE SITE IS REBUILT FROM VERSION CONTROL**
+
 Technical Detail
 ----------------
 This website is built using the [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) website framework.
@@ -25,8 +31,9 @@ permalink: /my-custom-page-path/
 ```
 
 Variables that templates currently take into account are:
-* title, sets the page title
-* menu, (default: true) places the page into the website's navigation menu
+
+* `title`, sets the page title
+* `menu`, (default: false) places the page into the website's navigation menu
 
 The main content of the page should then follow.
 
@@ -42,10 +49,10 @@ are consistent.
 An additional check that external links are still live is also run, but this test is permitted to fail without blocking
 the deployment.
 
-The site is deployed to `/vol/rr/www-rw` automatically on successful build.
+The site is deployed to `/vol/rr/www` automatically on successful build.
 
-Local Testing
--------------
+Locally Building and Testing
+----------------------------
 If you wish to test the site locally, ensure you have ruby installed, and then initially run:
 ```
 gem install bundler
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 62de4e29a21faa0e3e89dd74cc9dcb7b426d7649..9b6615e24baaa02e99b7652d45c8788c602ea6b9 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ exclude:
   - Gemfile*
   - Rakefile
   - .gitlab-ci.yml
-  - README.md
   - vendor
 
 collections: