diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f52cb8..6c79415 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ If you are a prometheus user, then also check out [bigip_exporter](https://githu
 
 ## Installation
 
-Use docker and docker-compose to build.
+You can download the latest build for Mac, Linux or Windows from the [releases](https://github.com/pr8kerl/f5er/releases) page.
+
+### Build
+
+Use docker and docker-compose to build it yourself.
 
 ```
 docker-compose run make [linux|windows|darwin]
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ make
 ## Configuration
 
 **f5er** looks for configuration in the current environment, or if not found in a config file.
+You must provide config for the device (ip address or hostname), as well as username and password.
 
 ### Environment variables
 
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ Below is a full example of all current configurables.
   "device": "192.168.0.100",
   "username": "admin",
   "passwd": "superSecretSquirrel",
-  "token": true,
+  "token": false,
   "stats_path_prefix": "prd.f5.bigip01",
   "stats_show_zero_values": false
 }
@@ -72,11 +77,11 @@ The **stats_** configuration options (used for displaying statistics) are only a
 ### Authentication
 
 Big-IP devices allow authentication to the REST API using basic http authentication or using a proprietary token authentication. The default is to use 
-the token auth method. To use only basic auth, you can set the token flag to false on the command line, in the config file, or using the F5_TOKEN environment variable.
+basic auth method. To use token auth, you can set the token flag to true on the command line, in the config file, or using the F5_TOKEN environment variable.
 
 ```
-f5er --token=false show pool
-F5_TOKEN=fale f5er show pool
+f5er --token=true show pool
+F5_TOKEN=true f5er show pool
 ```
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 57ae12e..9322c12 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/pr8kerl/f5er/f5"
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ var f5Cmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "tickle an F5 load balancer using REST",
 	Long:  "A utility to manage F5 configuration objects",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if len(args) < 1 {
+			cmd.Help()
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 	},
 	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		checkFlags(cmd)
diff --git a/f5/f5.go b/f5/f5.go
index ee39bc8..1553922 100644
--- a/f5/f5.go
+++ b/f5/f5.go
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ func (f *Device) SetTokenAuth(t bool) {
 	}
 	if debug {
 		fmt.Printf("authentication mode: %s\n", debugout)
-
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 93e851c..0f2ce3c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func initialiseConfig() {
 	viper.AddConfigPath(".")
 	viper.SetDefault("username", "admin")
 	viper.SetDefault("debug", false)
-	viper.SetDefault("token", true)
+	viper.SetDefault("token", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("force", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("statsPathPrefix", "f5")
 	viper.SetDefault("statsShowZeroValues", false)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func checkFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	// this has to be done here inside cobraCommand.Execute() inc case cmd line args are passed.
 	// args are only parsed after cobraCommand.Run() - urgh
-	appliance = f5.New(f5Host, username, passwd, f5.TOKEN)
+	appliance = f5.New(f5Host, username, passwd, f5.BASIC_AUTH)
 	appliance.SetDebug(debug)
 	appliance.SetTokenAuth(token)
 	appliance.SetStatsPathPrefix(statsPathPrefix)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	f5Cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&f5Host, "f5", "f", "", "IP or hostname of F5 to poke")
 	f5Cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "d", false, "debug output")
-	f5Cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&token, "token", "t", true, "use token auth")
+	f5Cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&token, "token", "t", false, "use token auth")
 	f5Cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&f5Input, "input", "i", "", "input json f5 configuration")
 	offlinePoolMemberCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&f5Pool, "pool", "p", "", "F5 pool name")
 	offlinePoolMemberCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&now, "now", "n", false, "force member offline immediately")