diff --git a/submissions/README.md b/submissions/README.md
index 2fbfea0..664ea6d 100644
--- a/submissions/README.md
+++ b/submissions/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ to enable submissions you need to do the following:
 # install the php-gd dependency to enable the captcha feature
 apt install php-gd -y
 
+# copy the template submission.csv file
+cp templates/submission.csv submissions/submission.csv
+
 # chmod 777 the submission.csv file to enable php to write to it
 chmod 777 -R /srv/darknet-lantern/submissions/
 ```