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@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ tmux, in a way that makes it extremely easy to use with systemd.
 
 ## instructions
 1. install systemd unit in /etc/systemd/system, change `User` option to preferred user
-2. create minecraft server instances in `~/.local/share/mcserver/instances`
+	- On Arch Linux, the best option is to build and install the PKGBUILD and
+	  manually change the user with `systemctl edit mcserver@.service`
+3. create minecraft server instances in `~/.local/share/mcserver/instances`
 	- you can also symlink server directories from elsewhere on the system
 	- use `instance/` as a starting point. you need, at minimum, a `start.sh`
 	  startup script that executes the server jar, the server jar itself and a
 	  `vars` file
-3. `systemctl enable --now mcserver@instancename`
+4. `systemctl enable --now mcserver@instancename`
 
 ## other info
 there's a few other random things in the provided `instance` folder: