diff --git a/README b/README
index e320ba4..25c2896 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,23 +14,14 @@ SilverStripe 2.4 or newer
 
 Installation
 ------------
-copy the sqlite3 folder to your project root so that it becomes a sibling of cms, sapphire and co
-add this to your _config.php (right after "require_once("conf/ConfigureFromEnv.php");" if you are using _ss_environment.php)
+download, unzip and copy the sqlite3 folder to your project root so that it becomes a sibling of cms, sapphire and co.
+
+either use the installer to automatically install SQLite or add this to your _config.php (right after "require_once("conf/ConfigureFromEnv.php");" if you are using _ss_environment.php)
 
 	$databaseConfig['type'] = 'SQLiteDatabase';
 
 you are done!
 
-
-Config
-------
-you can set the path for storing your SQLite db file or make use of the :memory: feature in sqlite3/_config.php like this:
-
-	$databaseConfig = array(
-		'path' => '/some/path',
-		'memory' => true,
-	);
-
 make sure the webserver has sufficient privileges to write to that folder and that it is protected from external access.
 
 
@@ -42,21 +33,12 @@ E.g.: http://www.my-project.com/?avoidConflict=1
 Tested stacks
 -------------
 OSX leopard, XAMPP with PHP 5.3.0, SQLite3.6.3
+OSX leopard, MAMP with PHP 5.2.6, SQLite3.3.7
 Ubuntu, PHP 5.2.4, SQLite3.4.2
 WinXP, XAMPP with PHP 5.3.0, SQLite3.6.16
 
 
 Open Issues
 -----------
-- SQLite3 may not work with certain modules as they are using custom SQL statements passed to the DB class directly ;(
+- SQLite3 is supposed to work with all may not work with certain modules as they are using custom SQL statements passed to the DB class directly ;(
 - there is no real fulltext search yet and the build-in search engine is not ordering by relevance, check out fts3
-
-Things to note when using SQLite3
----------------------------------
-- small, fast, zero configuration, single cross-platform disk file, comes with a CLI and In-Memory database feature
-- sometimes the only feasible solution when you don't have access to the usual DBMSs like MySQL
-- weakly and dynamically typed although this should have been caught in the adapter
-- does not fully implement SQL-92 standard, e.g. the ALTER TABLE syntax is limited to adding and renaming fields
-- references for sqlite are e.g. ADOBE (Photoshop Lightroom), Apple (Safari, Mail, iPod, iPhone) Mozilla (Firefox, Thunderbird), Google (Chrome)
-- if you are looking for a SQLite client for debugging, the SQLite plugin for firefox may be worth a try
-
diff --git a/_config.php b/_config.php
index 1d9f4b7..b92712e 100644
--- a/_config.php
+++ b/_config.php
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ if(defined('SS_DATABASE_CLASS')) $databaseConfig['type'] = SS_DATABASE_CLASS;
 
 if(array_search($databaseConfig['type'], array('SQLiteDatabase', 'SQLite3Database', 'SQLitePDODatabase')) !== false) {
 
-	$databaseConfig = array(
-		'type' => $databaseConfig['type'],
-		'database' => (defined('SS_DATABASE_PREFIX') ? SS_DATABASE_PREFIX : '') . $database . (defined('SS_DATABASE_SUFFIX') ? SS_DATABASE_SUFFIX : ''),
-		'path' => defined('SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH') && SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH ? SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH : ASSETS_PATH . '/.sqlitedb/',   // where to put the database file
-		'memory' => true,    // run tests in memory
-	);
-	
+	if(empty($databaseConfig['path'])) $databaseConfig['path'] = defined('SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH') && SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH ? SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH : ASSETS_PATH . '/.sqlitedb/';   // where to put the database file
+	$databaseConfig['database'] = (defined('SS_DATABASE_PREFIX') ? SS_DATABASE_PREFIX : '') . $databaseConfig['database'] . (defined('SS_DATABASE_SUFFIX') ? SS_DATABASE_SUFFIX : '');
+	if(!isset($databaseConfig['memory'])) $databaseConfig['memory'] = true; // run tests in memory
+	if(empty($databaseConfig['key'])) $databaseConfig['key'] = defined('SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_KEY')  && SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_KEY  ? SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_KEY :  'SQLite3DatabaseKey';
+
 	/**
 	 * set pragma values on the connection.
 	 * @see http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ if(array_search($databaseConfig['type'], array('SQLiteDatabase', 'SQLite3Databas
 		$databaseConfig['type'] = 'SQLitePDODatabase';
 	} else {
 		$databaseConfig['type'] = 'SQLite3Database';
-		$databaseConfig['key']  = defined('SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_KEY')  && SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_KEY  ? SS_SQLITE_DATABASE_KEY :  'SQLite3DatabaseKey';
 	}
 }