diff --git a/prism-image-search/README.md b/prism-image-search/README.md
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@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ description.
 
 ## Install using docker compose
 If you have a license key, you can easily setup Aerospike, AVS, and the prism-image-search
-app using docker-compose. When using docker-compose, you'll need to place your images in `container-volumes/prism/images/static/data`
+app using docker-compose. When using docker-compose, you'll need to place your images in `container-volumes/prism/images/static/data`. 
+You can not use a sym link. This command will copy jpgs from your `~/Pictures` directory. 
 
 ```shell
-ln -s ~/Pictures container-volumes/prism/images/static/data
+rsync -av --include='*/' --include='*.jp*' --exclude='*' ~/Pictures ./aerospike-vector-search-examples/prism-image-search/container-volumes/prism/images/static/data
 ```
 
 ### 1. Build the prism image 
@@ -152,4 +153,4 @@ restart and hence is ideal for development.
 
 ```shell
 FLASK_ENV=development FLASK_DEBUG=1 python3 -m flask --app prism  run --port 8080
-```
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+```