diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 743c654..6dd438e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,17 @@ This project contains the following modules:
     - A Quarkus 3.x version of the application
 - [quarkus3-spring-compatibility](quarkus3-spring-compatibility)
     - A Quarkus 3.x version of the application using the Spring compatibility layer
+ 
+## Building
+
+`./mvnw clean verify -Dquarkus.hibernate-orm.sql-load-script=import.sql`
 
 ## Application requirements/dependencies
+             
+- (macOS) You need to have a `timeout` compatible command:
+  - Via `coreutils` (installed via Homebrew): `brew install coreutils` but note that this will install lots of GNU utils that will duplicate native commands and prefix them with `g` (e.g. `gdate`)
+  - Use [this implementation](https://github.com/aisk/timeout) via Homebrew: `brew install aisk/homebrew-tap/timeout`
+  - More options at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3504945/timeout-command-on-mac-os-x
 
 - Base JVM Version: 21
 
diff --git a/scripts/1strequest.sh b/scripts/1strequest.sh
index 265bb29..e01fd66 100755
--- a/scripts/1strequest.sh
+++ b/scripts/1strequest.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ NUM_ITERATIONS=1
 TOTAL_RSS=0
 TOTAL_TTFR=0
 
+function _date() {
+    current=$(date +%s%N)
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      current=$(gdate +%s%N)
+    fi
+    echo "$current"
+}
+
 if [ "$#" -eq 2 ]; then
   NUM_ITERATIONS=$2
 fi
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ do
   # Start the infra
   ./infra.sh -s
 
-  ts=$(gdate +%s%N)
+  ts=$(_date)
   $COMMAND &
   CURRENT_PID=$!
 
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ do
     :
   done
 
-  TTFR=$((($(gdate +%s%N) - $ts)/1000000))
+  TTFR=$((($(_date) - ts)/1000000))
   RSS=`ps -o rss= -p $CURRENT_PID | sed 's/^ *//g'`
   kill $CURRENT_PID
   wait $CURRENT_PID 2> /dev/null
@@ -62,4 +70,4 @@ echo
 echo "-------------------------------------------------"
 printf "AVG RSS (after 1st request): %.1f MB\n" $(echo "$TOTAL_RSS / $NUM_ITERATIONS / 1024" | bc -l)
 printf "AVG time to first request: %.3f sec\n" $(echo "$TOTAL_TTFR / $NUM_ITERATIONS / 1000" | bc -l)
-echo "-------------------------------------------------"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "-------------------------------------------------"