diff --git a/vagrant/README.md b/vagrant/README.md
index 9e69647..ad08861 100644
--- a/vagrant/README.md
+++ b/vagrant/README.md
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ Vagrant
 
 [Vagrant](www.vagrantup.com) is a tool for creating and configuring reproducible and
 portable development environments. It essentially creates a (disposable) virtual machine 
-for you that sets up OPM automatically. The files in this directory is everything you need
+for you that can set up OPM automatically. The files in this directory is everything you need
 to create a Ubuntu 14.04 environment that checks out, compiles, and tests OPM modules.
 
 It requires [VirtualBox](www.virtualbox.org) and Vagrant to be installed.
 They are apt-gettable on recent Ubuntus and have relatively hassle-free installers
 on Windows and OSX.
 
-
 To use vagrant execute the following from the directory containting the ```VagrantFile```.
 ```
 $ sudo apt-get install vagrant
@@ -18,9 +17,8 @@ $ vagrant up
 ```
 
 The first time this is executed will take a significant amount of time, as the full Ubuntu 
-image must be downloaded. Consequently, OPM will be downloaded (from github), compiled, 
-and tests run. After this process has completed, you can log into the machine and try out
-OPM.
+image must be downloaded. After this process has completed, you can log into the machine 
+and try out OPM.
 
 Execute the following to log into the virtual machine as the vagrant user
 ```
@@ -30,3 +28,17 @@ $ vagrant ssh
 From here you can build and execute tests in a reproducible environment. Everything you do 
 in this environment can easily be discarded, and will only affect the virtual machine:
 your own machine will remain unaffected by changes here.
+
+To clone, compile, and test OPM, simply run the shell script
+```
+vagrant@vagrant$ /host/clone_and_compile.sh
+```
+*inside* the virtual machine (after executing ```vagrant ssh```). This takes quite some time 
+to download, compile, and test the OPM modules one by one.
+
+If you for some reason are unhappy with the virtual machine, you can dispose of it easily
+by executing
+```
+$ vagrant destroy
+```
+from outside the virtual machine. 
diff --git a/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index f0a1fa5..2dc8cef 100644
--- a/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
   # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
   # argument is a set of non-required options.
-  config.vm.synced_folder "..", "/opm-host"
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/host"
 
   # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
   # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
diff --git a/vagrant/bootstrap.sh b/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
index a22e1f3..c0c3d89 100755
--- a/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-./install_packages.sh
+/host/install_packages.sh