diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ddba43d..cc1cccd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ Done your project + want to submit it to get your grant? Submit it in the form h
 Remember to read through the [submission guidelines](https://highway.hackclub.com/advanced/submitting) before submitting! 
 
 # Ready. Set. Build!
+
+---
+
+# Website development
+
+Ooooh, you're in the README to figure out how the actual highway website works? Sure!
+
+It's a standard rails codebase, but when you first start up you might want to run `bin/rails projects:clone` to download all the submissions.
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diff --git a/lib/tasks/clone_projects.rake b/lib/tasks/clone_projects.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb2a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/clone_projects.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace :projects do
+  desc "Clone or update all projects from submissions.yml"
+  task clone: :environment do
+    CloneProjectsJob.perform_now
+  end
+end