diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b31972..de452de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@ This python script fetches the latest tweet of a public user from twitter and ou
 directory. This script expects two json files in `/etc/tw2hugo`, which should have `chmod 700` for a non-privileged 
 user and no rights for the group. All files should have `chmod 400`.
 
+## Setup
+
+This package depends only on the pip package "requests", which I recommend to simply install globally with 
+`pip3 install requests`. You can also use the provided pipfile and install all dependencies into a virtual environment 
+with `pipenv lock`, however, you will need to activate that environment in your automation script.
+
+Next, you will need to install the configuration files below:
+
 ## Needed configuration files
 
 /etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json
 ```
 {
+  "enable": true,
   "smtp-server": "mail server",
   "smtp-port": 465,
   "email-user": "username for smtp",
@@ -23,14 +32,14 @@ user and no rights for the group. All files should have `chmod 400`.
 {
     "bearer": "bearer token of your twitter app",
     "twitter-handle": "twitter handle",
-    "output-location": "hugo base dir/data/latest_tweet.json"
+    "output-location": "/hugo/project/directory/data/latest_tweet.json"
 }
 ```
 
 ## Why does it need email credentials?
 
 The script has the specialty that sends an email when something goes wrong, so I am notifed and can fix the issue.
-If you don't want that, simply open `mail/mail.py` and replace everyting in the init function with a simple `pass`.
+If you don't want that, replace `enable: true` in the `mail_credentials.json` with `false`.
 
 ## How does it integrate into Hugo?
 
diff --git a/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json b/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json
index 58a6297..f1ad1a4 100644
--- a/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json
+++ b/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "enable": true,
   "smtp-server": "smtp.example.com",
   "smtp-port": 465,
   "email-user": "notify@example.com",
diff --git a/mail/mail.py b/mail/mail.py
index 3ceca44..936b6af 100644
--- a/mail/mail.py
+++ b/mail/mail.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class mail:
         with path.open("r") as fp:
             credentials = j_load(fp)
 
+        if not credentials['enable']:
+            return
+
         message = MIMEText(what, _charset='utf8')
         message['Subject'] = "Tweet2Hugo alarm report"
         message['From'] = credentials['email-sendfrom']