diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eece714..0bbcc1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # step-ca
-step-ca ready to go for your internal network.
+step-ca (by [smallstep](https://smallstep.com/certificates/)) ready to go for your internal network.
 
-this project was setup for use with nginx-proxy in a local network environment to run several services with hopefully network-wide trusted certificates.
+this project was set up for use with nginx-proxy in a local network environment to run several services with hopefully network-wide trusted certificates.
+
+if you have any questions or found a bug feel free to get in touch with me.
 
 # configuration
 there's not much to configure with step-ca. to setup a new `.env` file you can either run the `setup.sh` script or just copy the `env.sample` file to `.env` and configure the values the way you like. if you do the configuration manually don't forget to create the data directory.
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ after that you should be able to use your own ca with an acme client.
 details: https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/provisioners#acme
 
 # links
+* this repo  
+  https://gitea.wululu.de/dede/step-ca
 * step-ca docs  
   https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/
 * docker tls ca  
@@ -29,5 +33,8 @@ details: https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/provisioners#acme
 * github  
   https://github.com/smallstep/certificates
 
-2022-11-04
+# disclaimer
+step-ca is an open source project by smallstep and not associated with this repository. this repository aims to provide a preconfigured and git-enabled way of configuration management for step-ca including some features that i found useful.
+
+2022-11-04  
 dede