diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 125933ce..0c15725d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .nyc_output
+demo
 lib
 node_modules
 *.log
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a675c97..9f4900ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ Compile to ES5 from /src to /lib
 npm run compile
 ```
 
+Initialize demo project
+```
+$ git clone git@github.com:One-com/react-truncate demo
+$ cd demo
+demo $ git checkout gh-pages
+demo $ npm install
+```
+
+Build demo
+```
+demo $ npm run compile
+```
+
 [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/react-truncate
 [downloads-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/react-truncate.svg
 [npm-image]: https://badge.fury.io/js/react-truncate.svg