diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae6e440..da4972a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@ $ docker-compose up -d
 
 ### Grafana Alloy
 
-To install and run alloy on hosts
+To install and run `alloy` on hosts
 
 ```zsh
 $ wget https://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/download/v1.0.0/alloy-linux-amd64.zip
 $ unzip alloy-linux-amd64.zip
+$ mv alloy-linux-amd64 alloy
 
-$ export PROM_URL=http://X.X.X.X:9090/api/v1/write
-$ export PROM_USERNAME=admin
-$ export PROM_PASSWORD=password
-$ alloy-linux-amd64 run config.alloy
+$ export PROMETHEUS_URL=http://X.X.X.X:9090/api/v1/write
+$ export PROMETHEUS_USERNAME=admin
+$ export PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD=password
+
+$ ./alloy run config.alloy
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/config.alloy b/config.alloy
index 9aa6e6b..0a517d3 100644
--- a/config.alloy
+++ b/config.alloy
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ logging {
 
 prometheus.remote_write "default" {
   endpoint {
-    url = env("PROM_URL")
+    url = env("PROMETHEUS_URL")
 
     basic_auth {
-      username = env("PROM_USERNAME")
-      password = env("PROM_PASSWORD")
+      username = env("PROMETHEUS_USERNAME")
+      password = env("PROMETHEUS_PASSWORD")
     }
   }
 }