diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f99d65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c49bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72ee17c..00dd0e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
-## [1.0.1] - 2019-08-13
-### Added
-- Changelog
-
 ## [1.0.0] - 2019-08-13
 ### Added
 - Initial release
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index de69b94..9d2ca44 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 FROM alpine:3.10.1
 
-RUN apk add --update py-pip groff
+RUN apk add --update py-pip groff && \
+    pip install awscli --upgrade --user
 
-RUN pip install awscli --upgrade --user
+ARG AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+ENV AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+
+ARG AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+ENV AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+
+ARG AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+ENV AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}
 
 ENV PATH /root/.local/bin:$PATH
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3690f7..057c73b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mikaint/aws-cli-docker.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mikaint/aws-cli-docker)
 
 # AWS CLI (dockerized)
+A docker image with AWS CLI installed.
+
+## Configuration
+The first step in order to use AWS CLI image is to set the required environmental variables to be used in the container.
+```
+cp .env.dist .env
+```
+Edit .env file with your values (can be obtained from AWS IAM)
+
+## How to use
+
+
+Default command is `--version` so if you run 
+```
+docker run mikaint/awscli
+```
+you'll get something like
+```
+aws-cli/1.16.216 Python/2.7.16 Linux/4.9.184-linuxkit botocore/1.12.206
+```
+The above command will run even without setting your configuration values as it will not make a request to AWS
+
+In order to run any other command that will make a request to AWS you'll need to specify your file that contains the configuration values
+```
+docker run --env-file=.env mikaint/awscli ec2 describe-instances
+```
+For a full list of available commands please check the official AWS CLI [documentation page](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/index.html)
+