diff --git a/doc/src/anleitung/microvm.md b/doc/src/anleitung/microvm.md
index 1775767..9856ed0 100644
--- a/doc/src/anleitung/microvm.md
+++ b/doc/src/anleitung/microvm.md
@@ -23,18 +23,21 @@ In order to test persistent microvms locally we need to create them using the ``
 This is necessary to be able to mount persistent /etc and /var volumes on those hosts.  
 Do the following:
 
+Prepare your host by including `microvm.nixosModules.host` in your `flake.nix` [Microvm Docs](https://astro.github.io/microvm.nix/host.html)
+
+
 ```bash
-# go into our repo and start the default dev shell (or us direnv)
+# go into our repo and start the default dev shell (or use direnv)
 nix develop .#
 
 # create a microvm on your host (on the example of durruti)
 sudo microvm -c durruti -f git+file:///home/username/path/to/infrastructure/repo
 
 # start the vm
-sudo systemctl start microvm@durruti.serivce
+sudo systemctl start microvm@durruti.service
 
 # this may fail, if so we most probably need to create /var /etc manually, then restart
-sudo mkdir /var/lib/microvms/durruti/{var, etc}
+sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/microvms/durruti/{var,etc}
 
 # now you can for example get the rsa host key from /var/lib/microvms/durruti/etc/ssh/