diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3edf447..acdd499 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -341,15 +341,18 @@ a test instance of Syncthing that does not affect a possibly existing Syncthing
 1. Get the sources. For the latest version from Git clone the following repositories:
    ```
    cd "$SOURCES"
+   git config core.symlinks true                                          # only required on Windows
    git clone https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities.git c++utilities
    git clone https://github.com/Martchus/qtutilities.git
    git clone https://github.com/Martchus/qtforkawesome.git
    git clone https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome.git forkawesome
    git clone https://github.com/Martchus/syncthingtray.git
-   git clone -c core.symlinks=true https://github.com/Martchus/subdirs.git
+   git clone https://github.com/Martchus/subdirs.git
    ```
-   Note that `-c core.symlinks=true` is only required under Windows to handle symlinks correctly.
-   This requires a recent Git version and a filesystem which supports symlinks (NTFS works).
+   Note that `git config core.symlinks=true` is only required under Windows to handle symlinks correctly.
+   This requires a recent Git version and a filesystem which supports symlinks (NTFS works). Additionally,
+   you need to
+   [enable Windows Developer Mode](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/game-bar/guide/developer-mode).
    If you run into "not found" errors on symlink creation use `git reset --hard` within the repository to
    fix this.
 2. Configure the build