diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 732a725..8c798a1 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ steps:
   - name: publish payload dev container
     image: plugins/docker
     settings: &payload-build-settings
-      << *docker-build-settings
+      <<: *docker-build-settings
       # NOTE: edit this if you want your image called something else
       repo: git.autonomic.zone/autonomic-cooperative/astro-payload-test-payload-dev
       context: payload
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0ab7fb..20e9d56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ To set up deployment:
    - `DOMAIN`: domain name of the live site (e.g. `site.example.tld`)
    - `STACK_NAME`: the Docker stack name, usually `$DOMAIN` with dots replaced
        with underscores (e.g. `site_example_tld`)
-   `STACK_NAME` / `DOMAIN` of the deployed app.
+   - `DRONE_URL`: root URL for the Drone instance (e.g.
+       `https://drone.example.tld`)
 3. Make sure that DNS records for `$DOMAIN` and `admin.$DOMAIN`, pointing to
    `$HOST`, are defined.
 4. Generate secrets (`openssl rand -hex 32` works well) for `PAYLOAD_SECRET` and