diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fee0aae77..535659e0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,34 +5,3 @@ MAS (Matrix Authentication Service) is an OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Provider server f
 It has been created to support the migration of Matrix to an OpenID Connect based architecture as per [MSC3861](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3861).
 
 See the [Documentation](https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-authentication-service/index.html) for information on installation and use.
-
-## Running
-
-- [Install Rust and Cargo](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started)
-- [Install Node.js and npm](https://nodejs.org/)
-- [Install Open Policy Agent](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/#1-download-opa)
-- Clone this repository
-- Build the frontend
-  ```sh
-  cd frontend
-  npm ci
-  npm run build
-  cd ..
-  ```
-- Build the Open Policy Agent policies
-  ```sh
-  cd policies
-  make
-  # OR, if you don't have `opa` installed and want to build through the OPA docker image
-  make DOCKER=1
-  cd ..
-  ```
-- Generate the sample config via `cargo run -- config generate > config.yaml`
-- Run a PostgreSQL database locally
-  ```sh
-  docker run -p 5432:5432 -e 'POSTGRES_USER=postgres' -e 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres' -e 'POSTGRES_DATABASE=postgres' postgres
-  ```
-- Update the database URI in `config.yaml` to `postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/postgres`
-- Run the database migrations via `cargo run -- database migrate`
-- Run the server via `cargo run -- server -c config.yaml`
-- Go to <http://localhost:8080/>
diff --git a/docs/development/contributing.md b/docs/development/contributing.md
index 9e20591e5..9fc71f32d 100644
--- a/docs/development/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/development/contributing.md
@@ -6,3 +6,35 @@ This document aims to get you started with contributing to the Matrix Authentica
 
 Everyone is welcome to contribute code to [matrix.org projects](https://github.com/matrix-org), provided that they are willing to license their contributions under the same license as the project itself. We follow a simple 'inbound=outbound' model for contributions: the act of submitting an 'inbound' contribution means that the contributor agrees to license the code under the same terms as the project's overall 'outbound' license - in our case, this is almost always Apache Software License v2 (see [LICENSE](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-authentication-service/blob/main/LICENSE)).
 
+# 2. What do I need?
+
+To get MAS running locally from source you will need:
+
+- [Install Rust and Cargo](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started)
+- [Install Node.js and npm](https://nodejs.org/)
+- [Install Open Policy Agent](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/#1-download-opa)
+- Clone this repository
+- Build the frontend
+  ```sh
+  cd frontend
+  npm ci
+  npm run build
+  cd ..
+  ```
+- Build the Open Policy Agent policies
+  ```sh
+  cd policies
+  make
+  # OR, if you don't have `opa` installed and want to build through the OPA docker image
+  make DOCKER=1
+  cd ..
+  ```
+- Generate the sample config via `cargo run -- config generate > config.yaml`
+- Run a PostgreSQL database locally
+  ```sh
+  docker run -p 5432:5432 -e 'POSTGRES_USER=postgres' -e 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres' -e 'POSTGRES_DATABASE=postgres' postgres
+  ```
+- Update the database URI in `config.yaml` to `postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/postgres`
+- Run the database migrations via `cargo run -- database migrate`
+- Run the server via `cargo run -- server -c config.yaml`
+- Go to <http://localhost:8080/>