diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e74cf802..f6e725c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,61 @@
 # go-rpc
 
+[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/tendermint/go-rpc.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/tendermint/go-rpc)
+
 HTTP RPC server supporting calls via uri params, jsonrpc, and jsonrpc over websockets
 
+# How To
+
+Define some types and routes:
+
+```
+// Define a type for results and register concrete versions with go-wire
+type Result interface{}
+
+type ResultStatus struct {
+	Value string
+}
+
+var _ = wire.RegisterInterface(
+	struct{ Result }{},
+	wire.ConcreteType{&ResultStatus{}, 0x1},
+)
+
+// Define some routes
+var Routes = map[string]*rpcserver.RPCFunc{
+	"status": rpcserver.NewRPCFunc(StatusResult, "arg"),
+}
+
+// an rpc function
+func StatusResult(v string) (Result, error) {
+	return &ResultStatus{v}, nil
+}
+
+```
+
+Now start the server:
+
+```
+mux := http.NewServeMux()
+rpcserver.RegisterRPCFuncs(mux, Routes)
+wm := rpcserver.NewWebsocketManager(Routes, nil)
+mux.HandleFunc("/websocket", wm.WebsocketHandler)
+go func() {
+	_, err := rpcserver.StartHTTPServer("0.0.0.0:46657", mux)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}()
+
+```
+
+Note that unix sockets are supported as well (eg. `/path/to/socket` instead of `0.0.0.0:46657`)
+
+Now see all available endpoints by sending a GET request to `0.0.0.0:46657`.
+Each route is available as a GET request, as a JSONRPCv2 POST request, and via JSONRPCv2 over websockets
+
+
+# Examples
+
+* [Tendermint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/rpc/core/routes.go)
+* [Network Monitor](https://github.com/tendermint/netmon/blob/master/handlers/routes.go)
diff --git a/rpc_test.go b/rpc_test.go
index f23f6cdf..82bdeb13 100644
--- a/rpc_test.go
+++ b/rpc_test.go
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ func init() {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	mux = http.NewServeMux()
-	rpcserver.RegisterRPCFuncs(mux, Routes)
+	mux2 := http.NewServeMux()
+	rpcserver.RegisterRPCFuncs(mux2, Routes)
 	wm = rpcserver.NewWebsocketManager(Routes, nil)
-	mux.HandleFunc(websocketEndpoint, wm.WebsocketHandler)
+	mux2.HandleFunc(websocketEndpoint, wm.WebsocketHandler)
 	go func() {
-		_, err := rpcserver.StartHTTPServer(unixAddr, mux)
+		_, err := rpcserver.StartHTTPServer(unixAddr, mux2)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}