diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index ff88301..3ceb880 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ RewriteEngine on
 RewriteBase /
 
 Options +MultiViews
+AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
 
 RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.webtypography\.net$
 RewriteRule (.*) http://webtypography.net/$1 [R=Permanent]
 
 RewriteRule ^.+/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$ $1 [R=Permanent]
 RewriteRule ^.+/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)/$ $1 [R=Permanent]
-RewriteRule ^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$ item.php?item_num=$1
\ No newline at end of file
+RewriteRule ^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$ item.php?item_num=$1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8da1b3..1e990ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ The markup still holds up but you might consider the CSS to be a bit... 2005. Th
 
 The site runs on PHP and probably requires PHP 5 to be safe (although I suspect PHP 4 will work just fine too). That's all really. Just download the zip into a folder and set yourself up with a virtual host and you're away. If you want the webfonts to work, you'll need to use the domain "webtypography.dev" as your virtual hostname.
 
+The expectation is that the site will be served by Apache or something that understansd the .htaccess file in the root. This requires mod_rewrite and mod_negotiation to be enabled in order to route requests appropriately.
+
 ## Adding new items
 
 The site builds upon the individual guidelines written in Bringhurst's book. To add a new guideline, you should add an entry in the PHP array in `/includes/data.inc.php` and then create an HTML file with the main content in the `/items` folder.