diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ccbc70..1e16b2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-thesis.pdf
+# thesis.pdf
 thesis.tex
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 27d316d..663ff30 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ PANDOC_CMD=pandoc --defaults=template/options.yaml
 $(OUT).pdf: $(TEXT) $(IMGS) $(PDF_IMGS)
 	@echo 'creating pdf'
 	@$(PANDOC_CMD) --output=$(OUT).pdf $(MD_FILES)
-	@qlmanage -p $(OUT).pdf &>/dev/null
+	# Quicklook preview on macOS
+	# @qlmanage -p $(OUT).pdf &>/dev/null
 
 $(OUT).tex: $(TEXT)
 	@$(PANDOC_CMD) --output=$(OUT).tex $(MD_FILES)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0faeb01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Bachelor thesis
+
+This is the repository for my bachelor thesis at [HPI](https://hpi.de) at the
+chair [Digital Health - Personalized
+Medicine](https://hpi.de/en/research/research-groups/digital-health-personalized-medicine.html)
+and in correspondence with the project
+[PharMe](https://github.com/hpi-dhc/PharMe/tree/bbb9595).
+
+## Document setup
+
+The majority of this thesis is written in Markdown with the help of
+[Pandoc](https://pandoc.org) and the [OSM LaTex thesis
+template](https://gitlab.com/hpi-potsdam/osm/thesis-template).
+
+With Pandoc installed, you can run `make` to compile the thesis PDF.
diff --git a/template/pandoc.tex b/template/pandoc.tex
index 96db5c0..fcd5a60 100644
--- a/template/pandoc.tex
+++ b/template/pandoc.tex
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 \newcommand{\CSLIndent}[1]{\hspace{\cslhangindent}#1}
 
 % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-% CODE
+% CODE BLOCKS STYLING
 % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \usepackage{xcolor}
 \usepackage{color}
diff --git a/thesis.pdf b/thesis.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76e6674
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