diff --git a/docs/setup.rst b/docs/setup.rst
index e9b480535a4e2725ebeaf0af1a44d9e6a9181554..ddf9a0e7a62eec75e28bc45f04fa852a547806ef 100644
--- a/docs/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ If you do not want to modify your python installation or if you use an
 installation for which you do not have write permissions you can set up a
 virtual environment and activate it::
 
+  cd
   python -m venv $HOME/python3-fireworks-tutorial
   . $HOME/python3-fireworks-tutorial/bin/activate
 
@@ -77,13 +78,14 @@ necessary). The file must have the following contents::
   ssl_ca_certs: <path to root CA certificate>
 
 The root CA certficate can be downloaded from this URL
-http://www.gridka.de/ca/dd4b34ea.pem and installed locally.
+http://www.gridka.de/ca/dd4b34ea.pem and installed locally. The full path to the
+certificate file must be configured in the launchpad file.
 
 You will get the hostname, username and password from the instructors. In the
 folder **$HOME/.fireworks** the fireworks configuration file
 **FW_config.yaml** must be created with the following command::
 
-  echo LAUNCHPAD_LOC: $HOME/.fireworks/launchpad.yaml >> .fireworks/FW_config.yaml
+  echo LAUNCHPAD_LOC: $HOME/.fireworks/launchpad.yaml >> $HOME/.fireworks/FW_config.yaml
 
 This configuration has to be made available on all resources that will use the
 FireServer, i.e. your local computer, login nodes and compute nodes of the