diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b687c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+In this repository lies my nvim configuration starting from
+[kickstart.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim).
+
+The provided `init.lua` file has then been split into (tryingly) semantically
+consistent files inside `lua/` and customization have been applied.