diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f9d9b08d72..4f01f99e3c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ check: | verify test-unit
 
 IMAGE_REGISTRY?=registry.svc.ci.openshift.org
 
+TAGS ?= ocp
+
 # This will call a macro called "build-image" which will generate image specific targets based on the parameters:
 # $0 - macro name
 # $1 - target name
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ $(call add-profile-manifests,manifests,./profile-patches,./manifests)
 
 GO_UNIT_TEST_PACKAGES :=./pkg/... ./cmd/...
 
+build:
+	go build -tags '$(TAGS)' -o $@ ./cmd/console/main.go
+
 # Run tests
 test: test-unit test-e2e
 
@@ -59,6 +64,13 @@ else
 	go-junit-report --version
 endif
 
+# download the dependencies and put them in the /vendor directory.
+.PHONY: vendor
+vendor:
+	go mod tidy
+	go mod vendor
+	go mod verify
+
 # Remove all build artifacts.
 #
 # Example:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91466f3d60..dcf95466ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,28 +159,22 @@ Now we should be ready to build & deploy the operator with our changes.
 
 #### Preparation to Deploy Operator Changes Quickly
 
-Typically to build your binary you will use the `make` command:
+Typically to build your binary you would use the `make` command:
 
 ```bash
-# this will build for your platform:
+# this will build locally:
 make
-# if you are running OSX, you will need to build for linux doing something like:
-OS_DEBUG=true OS_BUILD_PLATFORMS=linux/amd64 make
-# note that you can build for mulitiple platforms with:
-make build-cross
 ```
-But the `make` step is included in the `Dockerfile`, so this does not need to be done manually.
-You can instead simply build the container image and push the it to your own registry:
+But the build step is included in the `Dockerfile.rhel7`, so this does not need to be done manually.
+You can instead simply build the container image and push it to your own registry:
 
 ```bash 
 # the pattern is:
-docker build -t <registry>/<your-username>/console-operator:<version> .
-# following: docker.io/openshift/origin-console-operator:latest
+docker build -f Dockerfile.rhel7 -t <registry>/<your-username>/console-operator:<version>
+# conforming to: docker.io/openshift/origin-console-operator:latest
 # for development, you are going to push to an alternate registry.
-# specifically it can look something like this:
-docker build -f Dockerfile.rhel7 -t quay.io/benjaminapetersen/console-operator:latest .
 ```
-You can optionally build a specific version.
+Note: If you are running on macOS, you need to pass the --platform linux/amd64 flag to the Docker build command.
 
 Then, push your image:
 
@@ -189,30 +183,16 @@ docker push <registry>/<your-username>/console-operator:<version>
 # Be sure your repository is public else the image will not be able to be pulled later
 docker push quay.io/benjaminapetersen/console-operator:latest
 ```
-Then, you will want to deploy your new container.  This means duplicating the `manifests/07-operator.yaml`
-and updating the line `image: docker.io/openshift/origin-console-operator:latest` to instead use the
-image you just pushed.
-
-```bash
-# duplicate the operator manifest to /examples or your ~/ home dir
-cp manifests/07-operator.yaml ~/07-operator-alt-image.yaml
-```
-Then, update the image & replicas in your `07-operator-alt-image.yaml` file:
+Then, you will want to deploy your new container to the cluster. This can be done by updating the `image` field in the `example/07-operator.yaml` file to instead use the image you just pushed:
 
 ```yaml
 # before
-replicas: 2
 image: docker.io/openshift/origin-console-operator:latest
 # after 
 # image: <registry>/<your-username>/console-operator:<version>
-replicas: 1
 image: quay.io/benjaminapetersen/console-operator:latest
 ```
-And ensure that the `imagePullPolicy` is still `Always`.  This will ensure a fast development feedback loop. 
-
-```yaml
-imagePullPolicy: Always
-```
+Note: To guarantee a fast development feedback loop make sure the `imagePullPolicy` is set to `Always`. 
 
 #### Deploying 
 
diff --git a/examples/07-operator-alt-image.yaml b/examples/07-operator-alt-image.yaml
index 38b8a0cb8c..b6e66aa120 100644
--- a/examples/07-operator-alt-image.yaml
+++ b/examples/07-operator-alt-image.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
         # docker build quay.io/<your-user>/console-operator:latest .
         # docker push quay.io/<your-user>/console-operator:latest
         # then
-        # oc apply -f examples/05-operator-alt-image.yaml
+        # oc apply -f examples/07-operator-alt-image.yaml
         # with this line updated:
         image: quay.io/<your-user>/console-operator:latest
         ports: