diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0523f8a..8bfa446 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,13 @@ A custom DMX server that integrates with Home Assistant.
 ```sh
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
+Create a `settings.ini` file with the following settings filled in:
+
+```
+[HomeAssistant]
+url=
+token=
+```
+
+url is the address of the Home Assistant instance with http or https.
+token is the Long-Lived Access Token for Home Assistant. It can be obtained by going to the Home Assistant profile page and scrolling to the Long-Lived Access Tokens section and click Create Token. Give the token a name and click OK. Copy the token.
diff --git a/aquadmx.py b/aquadmx.py
index 6880660..450e348 100644
--- a/aquadmx.py
+++ b/aquadmx.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.sections()
 programPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 config.read('{}/settings.ini'.format(programPath))
-URL = 'https://{}/api'.format(config['HomeAssistant']['url'])
+URL = '{}/api'.format(config['HomeAssistant']['url'])
 TOKEN = config['HomeAssistant']['token']
 client = Client(URL, TOKEN)
 light = client.get_domain('light')