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@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ CaosDB project.
 
 # Getting started #
 
-To run tests, start up a CaosDB server (documentation for this can be found
-elsewhere). Then modify `pycaosdb.ini.template` accordingly and save it as
-`pycaosdb.ini`.  Then you can run the tests with `pytest` or `pytest-3`
-(depending on your system).
+To run tests, start up a CaosDB server in debug mode (documentation
+for this can be found elsewhere). Then modify `pycaosdb.ini.template`
+accordingly and save it as `pycaosdb.ini`. Specify the paths for tests
+of server side scripting and file handling and the SSL certificates
+used by your CaosDB server in `pycaosdb.ini`. Then you can run the
+tests with `pytest` or `pytest-3` (depending on your system).
 
 If you want to run just a single test, you can also select a single test file:
 `pytest-3 tests/test_issues.py`