diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e0bf30b1..5651b7cf6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Staging: www2.threefold.io (development branch)
 Last Updated: May 2023
 
 ## Administrators
+
 [ThreeFold's Web Admins](https://github.com/orgs/threefoldfoundation/teams/team_web_admin)
 
 ## Contribution Procedure
@@ -47,8 +48,22 @@ To do that, the following prerequisites are needed:
 
 Then clone the repository recursively to also pull in contents of `threefold_data`:
 
-```
-git clone --recursive https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/www_threefold_io.git
+```bash
+#if you don't have hero installed yet, run the following commands
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freeflowuniverse/crystallib/development/scripts/install_hero.sh > /tmp/hero_install.sh
+bash /tmp/hero_install.sh
+
+#install zola & tailwind
+hero installers -n zola
+
+#get this repo be careful --pr will remove all local changes (pull reset), -b development means we are on the development branch
+hero git pull -u https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/www_threefold_io -b development -pr
+
+#cd to the directory
+eval $(hero git cd -u https://github.com/threefoldfoundation/www_threefold_io)
+
+bash build.sh
+
 ```
 
 Now run `build.sh` to download Tailwind, build the CSS, and also build the site with Zola:
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d4e42ff48..ce2bbbe51 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,46 +1,26 @@
+#/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+BASE_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd ${BASE_DIR}
+
+
 echo "Starting build..."
 
-# TODO: Check if current version is latest to avoid redundant installation
-if [[ -f "tailwindcss" ]]
-then
-    echo "Tailwind installed"
-else
-    # rm tailwindcss
-    # checks os and architecture for correct release
-    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/8597411 
-    echo "Installing & building tailwind..."
-    ASSET="tailwindcss"
-
-    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-        ASSET="$ASSET-linux"
-    elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-        ASSET="$ASSET-macos"
-    fi
-    if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64"* ]]; then
-        ASSET="$ASSET-x64"
-    elif [[ "$(uname -m)" == "arm64"* ]]; then
-        ASSET="$ASSET-arm64"
-    fi
-
-    curl -sLO "https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest/download/${ASSET}"
-    chmod +x $ASSET
-    mv $ASSET tailwindcss
-fi
-
-
+hero installers -n zola
 
 # initialized and configures tailwind if not configured
 echo "Initializing tailwind..."
 if [[ ! -f "tailwind.config.js" ]]
 then
-    ./tailwindcss init
+    tailwindcss init
     sed -i '' "s|  content: \\[\\],|  content: \\['./templates/**/*.html'\\],|g" tailwind.config.js
 fi
 
 # compiles tailwind css for prod & builds project
 echo "Compiling tailwindcss and building zola project..."
 rm -rf public static/css
-./tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
+tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
 zola build
 
 
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 4a8094af7..4d1fa66f1 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-# builds if executable isn't foound
-if [ ! -f "tailwindcss" ]
-then
-    sh build.sh
-fi
+#/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+BASE_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd ${BASE_DIR}
+
+hero installers -n zola
 
 # initialized and configures tailwind if not configured
 if [ ! -f "tailwind.config.js" ]
 then
-    ./tailwindcss init
+    tailwindcss init
     sed -i '' "s|  content: \\[\\],|  content: \\['./templates/**/*.html'\\],|g" tailwind.config.js
 fi
 
 # compiles tailwind css & launches locally
 rm -rf public static/css
-./tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --watch & zola serve &
+tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --watch & zola serve &
 
 # compiles tailwind css for prod & builds project
-./tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
+tailwindcss -i css/index.css -o ./static/css/index.css --minify
 zola build
 
 # kills zola and tw bg processes on interrupt