diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a3c30bc6..8d1eacb0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ This monorepo will eventually contain all civ projects and development
 
 ### Containers
 A docker compose stack is provided to help test containers built from
-this repo. To start the stack, run the following command:
-`docker compose up --build`. Please note that this stack is NOT suitable for production use.
+this repo. To start the stack, run the following commands:
+
+1. `gradle :ansible:build`
+2. `docker compose up`
+
+Please note that this stack is NOT suitable for production use.
 
 Container data (world, logs, etc.) are mounted at [./containers/data](./containers/data).
 
diff --git a/ansible/README.md b/ansible/README.md
index 993e2d18d..538b88f06 100644
--- a/ansible/README.md
+++ b/ansible/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # CivAnsible
 This project is a hybrid gradle/ansible project that is designed to provision and deploy services to a server.
 
+Vendored plugins are located in `src/` (gradle), since they are used to build the end plugin directory (`/build/`)
+Configs are located in `files/`, since they are purely copied by ansible
+
 ## Prerequisites
 1. Create a user on the server named `actions` with sudo privileges
 2. Create Environments in Github settings with the following environment secrets:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b43eb0e9f..3096ba29f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./containers/data/proxy:/data
       - ./ansible/files/proxy-config:/config
-      - ./ansible/files/proxy-plugins:/plugins
+      - ./ansible/build/proxy-plugins:/plugins
 
   paper:
     image: itzg/minecraft-server@sha256:346cb47929edc36e977f3b064f882a9c919df65fe4807ac35c05fdacf442822f
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./containers/data/paper:/data
       - ./ansible/files/paper-config:/config
-      - ./ansible/files/paper-plugins:/plugins
+      - ./ansible/build/paper-plugins:/plugins
 
   #################
   ### Databases ###