diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ Need to update [https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/tree/main/frontend](https://git
 
 - `git clone https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz.git && cd signoz`
 - comment out frontend service section at `deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml#L38`
-- run `cd deploy && docker-compose -f docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml up -d` (this will install signoz locally without the frontend service)
+- run `cd deploy` to move to deploy directory
+- Install signoz locally without the frontend
+  - If you are using x86_64 processors (All Intel/AMD processors) run `sudo docker-compose --env-file ./docker/clickhouse-setup/env/x86_64.env -f docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml up -d`
+  - If you are on arm64 processors (Apple M1 Macbooks) run `sudo docker-compose --env-file ./docker/clickhouse-setup/env/arm64.env -f docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml up -d`
 - `cd ../frontend` and change baseURL to `http://localhost:8080` in file `src/constants/env.ts`
 - `yarn install`
 - `yarn dev`