diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d41d9ad..c03f228 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # USU CS4610 Nest Starter App
 
+<!-- BEGIN REMOVABLE -->
 ## Description
 A starter app with Postgres, NestJS, and React
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ $ bash ./bin/setup_new_project.sh
 ```
 and follow the prompts. This script will link the repo to your new repo while maintaining a reference to the starter app repo. This way, if we make changes to the starter app repo, you can still get those changes.
 
+<!-- END REMOVABLE -->
+
+## Pulling Updates from Starter App
+
 To retrieve changes from the starter app run
 ```bash
 $ git pull upstream main
diff --git a/bin/setup_new_project.sh b/bin/setup_new_project.sh
index 734b139..ac0095b 100644
--- a/bin/setup_new_project.sh
+++ b/bin/setup_new_project.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ read reponame
 
 # replace the title of the README with new app name
 sed -i "s/USU CS4610 Nest Starter App/$appname/" README.md
+sed -i "s/<!-- BEGIN REMOVABLE -->.*<!-- END REMOVABLE -->/$appname/" README.md
 
 git add .
 git commit -m "setup new project '$appname'"