diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e0b9e8..c6bf8f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,31 @@ make dev_install
 
 See [autonomic-cooperative/installer-scripts](https://git.autonomic.zone/autonomic-cooperative/installer-scripts) for the installer script deployment. To make a release, just add an entry to [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) (following [semver](https://semver.org/) please) and then `git tag x.x.x && git push origin main --tags`. If you want the [installer-scripts](https://git.autonomic.zone/autonomic-cooperative/installer-scripts) deployment to pick that up, you'll need to change the version number in the [Makefile](https://git.autonomic.zone/autonomic-cooperative/installer-scripts/src/branch/main/Makefile) and run `make` in that repository and push the changes.
 
+## Specify what to deploy where
+
+You can use `abra` in one of 2 ways:
+
+1. Clone a `compose-stack`, create an `.envrc` in it, and run `abra` in that
+   directory. Be sure to set `ABRA_STACK_DIR=.`
+2. "Monorepo mode": keep all your `compose-stack`s in one directory and all your `env` files in
+   another, e.g.:
+   ```
+	 $ tree
+   .
+   ├── apps
+   │   ├── mediawiki.demo.autonomic.zone.env
+   │   ├── wordpress.demo.autonomic.zone.env
+   └── stacks
+       ├── gitea
+       ├── matrix-synapse
+       ├── mediawiki
+       ├── nextcloud
+       ├── swarmpit
+       ├── traefik
+       └── wordpress
+		$ abra -e apps/mediawiki.demo.autonomic.zone.env deploy
+    ```
+
 ## Examples
 
 - `abra run mariadb mysqldump gitea -p'GdIbMeS09SURRktBnm3jcTufsL5z0MPd' | gzip > ../git.autonomic.zone_mariadb_`date +%F`.sql.gz`
diff --git a/abra b/abra
index f0e9f9b..ddeceb3 100755
--- a/abra
+++ b/abra
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if [ -z "$COMPOSE_FILE" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$ABRA_STACK_DIR" ]; then
-	ABRA_STACK_DIR="../stacks/$SERVICE"
+	ABRA_STACK_DIR="stacks/$SERVICE"
 fi
 
 ###### Safety checks