diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62702d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Github_Tutorial
+A very basic and flawed piece of code to show how Github GUI works.
+The accompanied tutorial can be found here:
+https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/using-github
+
+More information at
+https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/