diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 395bca6..53a7c26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run steps
         run: |
-          ./run-steps.sh
+          ./ci.sh
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1453647..9ea878c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 # TODO fix `authors` and `name` if you didn't use `cargo-generate`
-authors = ["{{authors}}"]
-name = "{{project-name}}"
+name = "test-app"
 edition = "2021"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
@@ -10,10 +9,10 @@ cortex-m = { version = "0.7", features = ["critical-section-single-core"] }
 defmt = { version = "0.3", features = ["encoding-rzcobs"] }
 defmt-brtt = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["rtt"] }
 panic-probe = { version = "0.3", features = ["print-defmt"] }
-# TODO select the correct rtic backend
+# TODO(4) Select the correct rtic backend
 rtic = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.1", features = [ "$RTIC_BACKEND" ] }
-# TODO enter your HAL here
-# some-hal = "1.2.3"
+# TODO(5) Add hal as dependency
+some-hal = "1.2.3"
 # TODO add a monotonic if you use scheduling
 # rtic-monotonics = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.2", features = [ "cortex-m-systick" ]}
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a460e18..3ac7602 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,28 +25,15 @@ $ # make sure to install v0.2.0 or later
 $ cargo install probe-run
 ```
 
-#### 3. [`cargo-generate`]:
-
-``` console
-$ cargo install cargo-generate
-```
-
-[`cargo-generate`]: https://crates.io/crates/cargo-generate
-
-> *Note:* You can also just clone this repository instead of using `cargo-generate`, but this involves additional manual adjustments.
-
 ## Setup
 
-#### 1. Initialize the project template
+#### 1. Clone the project template
 
 ``` console
-$ cargo generate \
-    --git https://github.com/rtic-rs/app-template \
-    --branch main \
-    --name my-app
+$ git clone https://github.com/rtic-rs/app-template test-app
 ```
 
-If you look into your new `my-app` folder, you'll find that there are a few `TODO`s in the files marking the properties you need to set.
+If you look into your new `test-app` folder, you'll find that there are a few `TODO`s in the files marking the properties you need to set. The todo's are formatted as `TODO(n)`, where `n` is the number of the step in which the TODO is explained.
 
 Let's walk through them together now.
 
@@ -58,8 +45,8 @@ If, for example, you have a nRF52840 Development Kit from one of [our workshops]
 
 [our workshops]: https://github.com/ferrous-systems/embedded-trainings-2020
 
-``` diff
- # .cargo/config.toml
+```diff
+# .cargo/config.toml
  [target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "arm", target_os = "none"))']
 -runner = "probe-run --chip $CHIP"
 +runner = "probe-run --chip nRF52840_xxAA"
@@ -91,8 +78,8 @@ In `Cargo.toml`, activate the correct `rtic` backend for your target by replacin
 
 ```diff
 # Cargo.toml
--rtic = { version = "2.0.0-alhpa.1", features = [ "$RTIC_BACKEND" ] }
-+rtic = { version = "2.0.0-alhpa.1", features = [ "thumbv7-backend" ] }
+-rtic = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.1", features = [ "$RTIC_BACKEND" ] }
++rtic = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.1", features = [ "thumbv7-backend" ] }
 ```
 
 #### 5. Add a HAL as a dependency
@@ -103,10 +90,10 @@ For the nRF52840 you'll want to use the [`nrf52840-hal`].
 
 [`nrf52840-hal`]: https://crates.io/crates/nrf52840-hal
 
-``` diff
- # Cargo.toml
+```diff
+# Cargo.toml
  [dependencies]
--# some-hal = "1.2.3"
+-some-hal = "1.2.3"
 +nrf52840-hal = "0.16.0"
 ```
 
@@ -119,8 +106,8 @@ You will need to not just specify the `rp-hal` HAL, but a BSP (board support cra
 Now that you have selected a HAL, fix the HAL import in `src/lib.rs`
 
 ``` diff
- // my-app/src/lib.rs
--// use some_hal as _; // memory layout
+# my-app/src/lib.rs
+-use some_hal as _; // memory layout
 +use nrf52840_hal as _; // memory layout
 ```
 
@@ -129,9 +116,13 @@ Now that you have selected a HAL, fix the HAL import in `src/lib.rs`
 In `src/bin/minimal.rs`, edit the `rtic::app` macro into a valid form.
 
 ``` diff
+# my-app/src/bin/minimal.rs
 \#[rtic::app(
--    device = some_hal::pac, // TODO: Replace `some_hal::pac` with the path to the PAC
--    dispatchers = [FreeInterrupt1, ...] // TODO: Replace the `FreeInterrupt1, ...` with free interrupt vectors if software tasks are used
+-    // TODO: Replace `some_hal::pac` with the path to the PAC
+-    device = some_hal::pac,
+-    // TODO: Replace the `FreeInterrupt1, ...` with free interrupt vectors if software tasks are used
+-    // You can usually find the names of the interrupt vectors in the some_hal::pac::interrupt enum.
+-    dispatchers = [FreeInterrupt1, ...]
 +    device = nrf52840_hal::pac,
 +    dispatchers = [SWI0_EGU0]
 )]
@@ -175,62 +166,9 @@ If you're running out of memory (`flip-link` bails with an overflow error), you
 $ DEFMT_BRTT_BUFFER_SIZE=64 cargo rb hello
 ```
 
-#### (10. Set `rust-analyzer.linkedProjects`)
-
-If you are using [rust-analyzer] with VS Code for IDE-like features you can add following configuration to your `.vscode/settings.json` to make it work transparently across workspaces. Find the details of this option in the [RA docs].
-
-```json
-{
-    "rust-analyzer.linkedProjects": [
-        "Cargo.toml",
-        "firmware/Cargo.toml",
-    ]
-}
-```
-
 [RA docs]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#configuration
 [rust-analyzer]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/
 
-## Trying out the git version of defmt
-
-This template is configured to use the latest crates.io release (the "stable" release) of the `defmt` framework.
-To use the git version (the "development" version) of `defmt` follow these steps:
-
-1. Install the *git* version of `probe-run`
-
-``` console
-$ cargo install --git https://github.com/knurling-rs/probe-run --branch main
-```
-
-2. Check which defmt version `probe-run` supports
-
-``` console
-$ probe-run --version
-0.2.0 (aa585f2 2021-02-22)
-supported defmt version: 60c6447f8ecbc4ff023378ba6905bcd0de1e679f
-```
-
-In the example output, the supported version is `60c6447f8ecbc4ff023378ba6905bcd0de1e679f`
-
-3. Switch defmt dependencies to git: uncomment the last part of the root `Cargo.toml` and enter the hash reported by `probe-run --version`:
-
-``` diff
--# [patch.crates-io]
--# defmt = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "use defmt version reported by `probe-run --version`" }
--# defmt-rtt = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "use defmt version reported by `probe-run --version`" }
--# defmt-test = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "use defmt version reported by `probe-run --version`" }
--# panic-probe = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "use defmt version reported by `probe-run --version`" }
-+[patch.crates-io]
-+defmt = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "60c6447f8ecbc4ff023378ba6905bcd0de1e679f" }
-+defmt-rtt = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "60c6447f8ecbc4ff023378ba6905bcd0de1e679f" }
-+defmt-test = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "60c6447f8ecbc4ff023378ba6905bcd0de1e679f" }
-+panic-probe = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "60c6447f8ecbc4ff023378ba6905bcd0de1e679f" }
-```
-
-You are now using the git version of `defmt`!
-
-**NOTE** there may have been breaking changes between the crates.io version and the git version; you'll need to fix those in the source code.
-
 ## Support
 
 `app-template` is part of the [Knurling] project, [Ferrous Systems]' effort at
diff --git a/cargo-generate.toml b/cargo-generate.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cd15b6..0000000
--- a/cargo-generate.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[template]
-ignore = ["README.md", "run-steps.sh"]
diff --git a/run-steps.sh b/ci.sh
similarity index 50%
rename from run-steps.sh
rename to ci.sh
index 1fd8ae7..21dcd42 100755
--- a/run-steps.sh
+++ b/ci.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-set -ex
+set -e
 
 project="test-app"
 
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Cleaning up"
+    mv Cargo.toml.tmp Cargo.toml
+    mv .cargo/config.toml.tmp .cargo/config.toml
+}
+
+if [ "$1" = "cleanup" ]; then
+    cleanup
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "Installing necessary tools"
-cargo install flip-link cargo-generate sd
+cargo install flip-link sd
 
 echo "Cleaning up old project"
 rm -rf "$project"
 
 echo "Creating new project"
-cargo generate -p . --name "$project"
+# cargo generate -p . --name "$project"
+mkdir -p "$project"
+cp -r Cargo.toml LICENSE-* src/ rust-toolchain.toml .cargo/ "$project"
 
 echo "Storing current config so that the child project will compile."
 mv Cargo.toml Cargo.toml.tmp
@@ -22,16 +35,14 @@ cd "$project"
 echo "Performing steps"
 
 sd -s -- '--chip $CHIP' '--chip nRF52840_xxAA' .cargo/config.toml
-sd -s '# target = "thumbv7em-none-eabihf" # Cortex-M4F and Cortex-M7F (with FPU)' 'target = "thumbv7em-none-eabihf"' .cargo/config.toml
+sd -s '# target = "thumbv7em-none-eabihf"' 'target = "thumbv7em-none-eabihf"' .cargo/config.toml
 sd -s '$RTIC_BACKEND' 'thumbv7-backend' Cargo.toml
-sd -s '# some-hal = "1.2.3"' 'nrf52840-hal = "0.16.0"' Cargo.toml
-sd -s '// use some_hal as _; // memory layout' 'use nrf52840_hal as _;' src/lib.rs
+sd -s 'some-hal = "1.2.3"' 'nrf52840-hal = "0.16.0"' Cargo.toml
+sd -s 'use some_hal as _;' 'use nrf52840_hal as _;' src/lib.rs
 sd -s 'some_hal::pac' 'nrf52840_hal::pac' src/bin/minimal.rs
 sd -s 'FreeInterrupt1, ...' 'SWI0_EGU0' src/bin/minimal.rs
 
 cargo bbr minimal
 
 cd ..
-echo "Cleaning up"
-mv Cargo.toml.tmp Cargo.toml
-mv .cargo/config.toml.tmp .cargo/config.toml
\ No newline at end of file
+cleanup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bin/minimal.rs b/src/bin/minimal.rs
index 364d2b0..0b9075f 100644
--- a/src/bin/minimal.rs
+++ b/src/bin/minimal.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 #![no_std]
 #![feature(type_alias_impl_trait)]
 
-use {{crate_name}} as _; // global logger + panicking-behavior + memory layout
+use test_app as _; // global logger + panicking-behavior + memory layout
 
+// TODO(7) Configure the `rtic::app` macro
 #[rtic::app(
-    device = some_hal::pac, // TODO: Replace `some_hal::pac` with the path to the PAC
-    dispatchers = [FreeInterrupt1, ...] // TODO: Replace the `FreeInterrupt1, ...` with free interrupt vectors if software tasks are used
+    // TODO: Replace `some_hal::pac` with the path to the PAC
+    device = some_hal::pac,
+    // TODO: Replace the `FreeInterrupt1, ...` with free interrupt vectors if software tasks are used
+    // You can usually find the names of the interrupt vectors in the some_hal::pac::interrupt enum.
+    dispatchers = [FreeInterrupt1, ...]
 )]
 mod app {
     // Shared resources go here
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ac69537..1ee2910 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use defmt_brtt as _; // global logger
 
-// TODO adjust HAL import
-// use some_hal as _; // memory layout
 use panic_probe as _;
 
+// TODO(6) Import your HAL
+use some_hal as _; // memory layout
+
 // same panicking *behavior* as `panic-probe` but doesn't print a panic message
 // this prevents the panic message being printed *twice* when `defmt::panic` is invoked
 #[defmt::panic_handler]