diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e16e95..449a978 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
 # LLM Chat
 
-A general CLI interface for large language models.
+This project is currently a CLI interface for OpenAI's [GPT model API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/gpt). The long term goal is to be much more general and interface with any LLM, whether that be a cloud service or a model running locally.
+
+## Usage
+
+### Installation
+
+The package is not currently published so you will need to build it yourself. To do so you will need [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) v1.5 or later. Once you have that installed, run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://code.harrison.sh/paul/llm-chat.git
+cd llm-chat
+poetry build
+```
+
+This will create a wheel file in the `dist` directory. You can then install it with `pip`:
+
+```bash
+pip install dist/llm_chat-0.6.1-py3-none-any.whl
+```
+
+Note, a much better way to install this package system wide is to use [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/). This will install the package in an isolated environment and make the `llm` command available on your path.
+
+### Configuration
+
+Your OpenAI API key must be set in the `OPENAI_API_KEY` environment variable. The following additional environment variables are supported:
+
+| Variable             | Description                                                        |
+| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `OPENAI_MODEL`       | The model to use. Defaults to `gpt-3.5-turbo`.                     |
+| `OPENAI_TEMPERATURE` | The temperature to use when generating text. Defaults to `0.7`.    |
+| `OPENAI_HISTORY_DIR` | The directory to store chat history in. Defaults to `~/.llm_chat`. |
+
+The settings can also be configured via command line arguments. Run `llm chat --help` for more information.
+
+### Usage
+
+To start a chat session, run the following command:
+
+```bash
+llm chat 
+```
+
+This will start a chat session with the default settings looking something like the image below:
+
+![Chat session](./llm-chat.png)
+
+The CLI accepts multi-line input, so to send the input to the model press `Esc + Enter`. After each message a running total cost will be displayed. To exit the chat session, send the message `/q`.
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2455a40..2265524 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "llm-chat"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 description = "A general CLI interface for large language models."
 authors = ["Paul Harrison <paul@harrison.sh>"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/llm_chat/settings.py b/src/llm_chat/settings.py
index 783c850..dd54961 100644
--- a/src/llm_chat/settings.py
+++ b/src/llm_chat/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from enum import StrEnum
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from pydantic import field_validator
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class Model(StrEnum):
 
 DEFAULT_MODEL = Model.GPT3
 DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE = 0.7
-DEFAULT_HISTORY_DIR = Path().absolute() / ".history"
+DEFAULT_HISTORY_DIR = Path.home() / ".llm_chat"
 
 
 class OpenAISettings(BaseSettings):
@@ -31,3 +32,10 @@ class OpenAISettings(BaseSettings):
         frozen=True,
         use_enum_values=True,
     )
+
+    @field_validator("history_dir")
+    def history_dir_must_exist(cls, history_dir: Path) -> Path:
+        """Ensure that the history directory exists."""
+        if not history_dir.exists():
+            history_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+        return history_dir
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b3bfafb..b315825 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -7,3 +8,9 @@ import pytest
 def mock_openai_api_key() -> None:
     """Set a fake OpenAI API key."""
     os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "dummy_key"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_history_dir(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Set a fake history directory."""
+    os.environ["OPENAI_HISTORY_DIR"] = str(tmp_path / ".llm_chat")