diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a94af1d09..580fab9e69 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,12 +44,17 @@ The cli sets up the following for AgentGPT:
 - 🤖 [Backend](https://github.com/reworkd/AgentGPT/tree/main/platform) (FastAPI)
 - 🎨 [Frontend](https://github.com/reworkd/AgentGPT/tree/main/next) (Nextjs)
 
-To get started follow run the commands below.
+- You will need node intalled, you can check by running 'node -v' or install [node](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
+
+To get started on Mac/Linux, run the commands below.
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/reworkd/AgentGPT.git && cd AgentGPT
 ./setup.sh
 ```
-
+If you are on windows, you can do the following after downloading the repo.
+```
+setup.bat
+```
 > 🐳 The recommend way to set up AgentGPT locally is to [docker-compose](https://www.docker.com/), please make sure you have docker installed.
 
 ## 🎉 Roadmap
diff --git a/docs/docs/development/setup.md b/docs/docs/development/setup.md
index af0ca61e22..78406f13c4 100644
--- a/docs/docs/development/setup.md
+++ b/docs/docs/development/setup.md
@@ -15,19 +15,20 @@ The following document will help you set up a local installation of AgentGPT.
 ## Interactive Setup
 
 We've recently launched an interactive setup tool that will guide you through creating an ENV and running AgentGPT.
-Simply run the following:
+
+- You will need node intalled you can check by running 'node -v' or install [node](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
+
+Simply run the following on a unix system:
 
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/reworkd/AgentGPT.git && cd AgentGPT
 ./setup.sh
 ```
 
-If you are on windows, you can do the following after downloading the repo
+If you are on windows, you can do the following after downloading the repo:
 
 ```
-cd cli
-npm install
-npm run start
+setup.bat
 ```
 
 Going this route, you can ignore the below text.
diff --git a/setup.bat b/setup.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00c52aa27b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@echo off
+setlocal
+
+rem  The CLI will take care of setting up the ENV variables
+cd cli || exit /b 1
+call npm install
+npm run start