diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cebbce..427ee13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ This is a React implementation of the [example application](https://atproto.com/
 # Install dependencies
 pnpm install
 
+# Run this once, to run codegen from the lexicons
+pnpm build:lexicon
+
 pnpm dev
 ```
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 519ce05..f08d2b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "pnpm lexgen && concurrently \"pnpm dev:appview\" \"pnpm dev:client\"",
+    "dev": "concurrently \"pnpm dev:appview\" \"pnpm dev:client\"",
     "dev:lexicon": "pnpm --filter @statusphere/lexicon dev",
     "dev:appview": "pnpm --filter @statusphere/appview dev",
     "dev:client": "pnpm --filter @statusphere/client dev",