diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 741ef76..9472c6e 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ allow=.
 
 ** Setup the database
 
-Dumps of the database behind data.guix.gnu.org are available at
-http://data.guix.gnu.org/dumps, use the following URL to download the latest
-small dump.
-
-http://data.guix.gnu.org/dumps/latest/guix_data_service_small.dump
-
 There are multiple ways you can setup the database, the instructions here
 involve creating a =guix_data_service= user with a password, then connecting
 to the database over the local network interface.
@@ -86,12 +80,12 @@ createdb guix_data_service --owner=guix_data_service
 
 You may need to run these commands as the postgres user.
 
-To restore the downloaded dump, run =pg_restore=. This command should prompt
-for a password, at which point enter the password for the database user that
-you set earlier.
+The database contains the configuration for what repositories and build
+servers to track, some example configuration is provided and you can load this
+in to the database by running:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC shell
-pg_restore --jobs=4 --user=guix_data_service --no-tablespaces --host=127.0.0.1 --dbname=guix_data_service guix_data_service_small.dump
+./pre-inst-env guile example-repositories-setup.scm
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** Set the database paramstring
diff --git a/example-repositories-setup.scm b/example-repositories-setup.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2468a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-repositories-setup.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+(use-modules (guix-data-service model git-repository)
+             (guix-data-service model build-server))
+
+(specify-git-repositories
+ `(((id . 1)
+    (url . "https://git.guix.gnu.org/guix.git")
+    (link_url . "https://codeberg.org/guix/guix.git")
+    (poll_interval . 600)
+    (x_git_repo_header . "guix"))))
+
+(specify-build-servers
+ `(((id . 1)
+    (url . "https://ci.guix.gnu.org/")
+    (systems-and-targets . (("x86_64-linux" . "")
+                            ("aarch64-linux" . ""))))
+   ((id . 2)
+    (url . "https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/")
+    (systems-and-targets . (("x86_64-linux" . "")
+                            ("aarch64-linux" . "")))
+    (token-seeds . ("token1")))))
+