diff --git a/racer/INSTRUCTIONS.md b/racer/INSTRUCTIONS.md
index 964331a..fda6cca 100644
--- a/racer/INSTRUCTIONS.md
+++ b/racer/INSTRUCTIONS.md
@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
 1. `sudo service palomad stop`
 2. `sudo service pigeond stop`
-3. update the chain id id in the `~/.pigeon/config.yaml` file to `racer` 
-4. Optional if using: update chain id in `~/.paloma/config/client.toml` to `racer`
-5. Add persistent peers: 
+3. confirm that you're on paloma v1.13.1 or download it
+  ```shell
+  wget -O - https://github.com/palomachain/paloma/releases/download/v1.13.1/paloma_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz  | \
+  sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin -xvzf - palomad 
+  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/palomad
+  ```
+4. confirm that you're on pigeon v1.11.0 or download it
+  ```shell
+  wget -O - https://github.com/palomachain/pigeon/releases/download/v1.11.0/pigeon_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz  | \
+  sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin -xvzf - pigeon
+  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pigeon
+  ```
+5. update the chain id id in the `~/.pigeon/config.yaml` file to `racer` 
+6. Optional if using: update chain id in `~/.paloma/config/client.toml` to `racer`
+7. Add persistent peers: 
     1. update `~/.paloma/config/config.toml`
         1. Line 215: add  
         ```
         persistent_peers = "ab6875bd52d6493f39612eb5dff57ced1e3a5ad6@95.217.229.18:10656, a9a0a77dfd05b42b14461c57e8a1f252c7deeef3@198.244.228.162:54056, 16f0d09580054101394ea08bbb48b1ad5bb91a27@95.214.52.144:10656, eea0d51296fe41693c90cc0b263635b0945e2231@91.228.224.197:26656, 2c6772b11c1f9eff2a923eb2bf808543cdd501c5@79.143.179.196:26656, aebcb6dd3664d472014c03cbd7c15ef604703644@173.234.17.194:26656, ccf22275efe0a3cefd52d636aac3c4774b23a5ac@65.108.197.164:56105"
         ```
-6. Get new genesis
+8. Get new genesis
     1. `wget -O ~/.paloma/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/palomachain/mainnet/master/racer/genesis.json`
-7. **`palomad comet unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.paloma`**
-8. `echo '{}' > ~/.paloma/config/addrbook.json`
-9. `sudo service pigeond start`
-10. `sudo service palomad start`
+9. **`palomad comet unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.paloma`**
+10. `echo '{}' > ~/.paloma/config/addrbook.json`
+11. `sudo service pigeond start`
+12. `sudo service palomad start`