diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eea8d44de..08a568d9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ If you're having trouble with your build, you can use Conda to create a minimal
 git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
 
 # checking out a tpp-mlir compatible version of llvm-project
-wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plaidml/tpp-mlir/main/build_tools/llvm_version.txt
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libxsmm/tpp-mlir/main/build_tools/llvm_version.txt
 pushd llvm-project
 git checkout `cat ../llvm_version.txt`
 popd
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ cmake -G Ninja ../llvm \
    -DLLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON \
    -DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON \
    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="host" \
-   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
    -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=ON \
    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang \
    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ \
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pushd tpp-mlir/build
 # Build & test
 # Please, make sure to use clang to build TPP-MLIR
 cmake -G Ninja .. \
-   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
    -DMLIR_DIR=$CUSTOM_LLVM_ROOT/lib/cmake/mlir \
    -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT=$CUSTOM_LLVM_ROOT/bin/llvm-lit \
    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang \
@@ -95,20 +95,22 @@ popd
 
 To enable experimental GPU support see: [GPU/README.md](lib/TPP/GPU/README.md)
 
+In the example above, we are building both LLVM/MLIR and tpp-mlir in relese mode. You can easily change the build type by adopting the `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` option, e.g. `=DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo`. 
+
 ### Conda Environment
 
 Every modern Linux and MacOS system should be able to build our project without glitches, however, you may have an older OS or some special condisiont (cluster environment).
 As each operating system has its own package manager and package names, we opted for providing instructions for the user-level package manager ```conda```.
 This environment has been successfully tested on top of a Fedora Server minimal installation with less than 400 system-wide packages being installed.
 
-Initial Setup (using Conda):
+Initial Setup (using Conda via Miniforge):
 ```sh
 export TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR=/foo
 cd ${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}
 export ARCH_NAME=$(uname -m)
-wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-${ARCH_NAME}.sh
-bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-${ARCH_NAME}.sh -b -p ${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}/miniconda3
-eval "$(${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}/miniconda3/bin/conda shell.bash hook)"
+wget https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-Linux-${ARCH_NAME}.sh
+bash Miniforge3-Linux-${ARCH_NAME}.sh -b -p ${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}/miniforge3
+eval "$(${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}/miniforge3/bin/conda shell.bash hook)"
 conda activate
 
 conda install -y cmake ninja git clang clangxx llvm lld llvm-openmp llvm-tools binutils
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ Reloading the environment  after conda deactivate/logout/reboot:
 ```sh
 export TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR=/foo
 cd ${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}
-eval "$(${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}/miniconda3/bin/conda shell.bash hook)"
+eval "$(${TPPMLIR_WORKSPACE_DIR}/miniforge3/bin/conda shell.bash hook)"
 conda activate
 ```