diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/din-payments/README.md b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/din-payments/README.md
index adfdda1..c639ba3 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/stacks/din-payments/README.md
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/stacks/din-payments/README.md
@@ -4,44 +4,63 @@ Deploy a stack for demoing Nitro-based auth, using either a local fixturenet (fu
 
 ## Local Fixturenet (Self-Contained)
 
-### Clone the stack repo
+First we define some environment variables to make the commands below more concise:
+
+```
+$ export FIXTURENET_STACK=~/cerc/fixturenet-eth-stacks/stack-orchestrator/stacks/fixturenet-eth
+$ export DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK=~/cerc/din-payments-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/din-payments
+```
+
+### Clone the stack repos
 
 ```
 $ laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/din-payments-stack
+$ laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/fixturenet-eth-stacks
 ```
 
-### Clone required repositories
+### Clone required repositories (optional)
+
+This and the next step are optional if container images are downloaded from a registry (see Fetch Containers below).
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-eth setup-repositories
+$ laconic-so --stack $FIXTURENET_STACK setup-repositories
 $ laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/din-payments-stack/stacks/din-payments setup-repositories
 ```
 
-### Build containers
+### Build containers (optional)
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-eth build-containers
-$ laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/din-payments-stack/stacks/din-payments build-containers
+$ laconic-so --stack $FIXTURENET_STACK build-containers
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK build-containers
 ```
 
-### Create a deployment
+### Fetch containers
+
+As an alternative to building containers locally, images can be downloaded from an image registry:
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-eth deploy init --output nitro-net.yml
-$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-eth deploy create --spec-file nitro-net.yml --deployment-dir /srv/nitro-net
+$ laconic-so --stack $FIXTURENET_STACK fetch-containers --image-registry git.vdb.to/cerc-io --registry-username <username> --registry-token <token> --force-local-overwrite
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK fetch-containers --image-registry git.vdb.to/cerc-io --registry-username <username> --registry-token <token> --force-local-overwrite
+```
 
-$ laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/din-payments-stack/stacks/din-payments deploy init --map-ports-to-host any-same --output nitro-auth.yml
-$ laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/din-payments-stack/stacks/din-payments deploy create --spec-file nitro-auth.yml --deployment-dir /srv/nitro-auth
+### Create deployments
+
+```
+$ laconic-so --stack $FIXTURENET_STACK deploy init --output nitro-net.yml
+$ laconic-so --stack $FIXTURENET_STACK deploy create --spec-file nitro-net.yml --deployment-dir nitro-net
+
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK deploy init --map-ports-to-host any-same --output nitro-auth.yml
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK deploy create --spec-file nitro-auth.yml --deployment-dir nitro-auth
 
 # Place them both in the same namespace (TODO: support setting the deployment name via --cluster).
-$ cp /srv/nitro-net/deployment.yml /srv/nitro-auth/deployment.yml
+$ cp nitro-net/deployment.yml nitro-auth/deployment.yml
 ```
 
 ### Start the containers
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so deployment --dir /srv/nitro-net up
-$ laconic-so deployment --dir /srv/nitro-auth up
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir nitro-net start
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir nitro-auth start
 ```
 
 ### Open the webapp
@@ -55,20 +74,20 @@ This example will use the Linea Sepolia testnet.
 ### Clone required repositories
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack go-nitro-auth setup-repositories
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK setup-repositories
 ```
 
 ### Build containers
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack go-nitro-auth build-containers
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK build-containers
 ```
 
 ### Create a deployment
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack go-nitro-auth deploy init --map-ports-to-host any-same --output nitro-auth.yml
-$ laconic-so --stack go-nitro-auth deploy create --spec-file nitro-auth.yml --deployment-dir /srv/nitro-auth
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK deploy init --map-ports-to-host any-same --output nitro-auth.yml
+$ laconic-so --stack $DIN_PAYMENTS_STACK deploy create --spec-file nitro-auth.yml --deployment-dir nitro-auth
 ```
 
 ### Set your keys, contract addresses, etc.
@@ -102,7 +121,7 @@ CERC_NITRO_CHAIN_PK_BOB=<BOB_PRIVATE_KEY_HERE>
 
 ### Start the stack
 ```
-$ laconic-so deployment --dir /srv/nitro-auth up
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir nitro-auth start
 ```
 
 ### Open the webapp