diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f441e68c..6d3b3f800 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ A Java [language server](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-languageserver-prot
 ### Vim (with vim-lsc)
 
 - Checkout this repository
+- Run `./scripts/download_{linux|mac|windows}_jdk.sh`
 - Run `./scripts/link_{linux|mac|windows}.sh`
 - Run `mvn package -DskipTests`
 - Add the vim plugin [natebosch/vim-lsc](https://github.com/natebosch/vim-lsc) to your vimrc
@@ -214,4 +215,4 @@ At the time of this writing, the build only works on Mac, because of the way it
 
 ### Editing
 
-Please run ./configure before your first commit to install a pre-commit hook that formats the code.
\ No newline at end of file
+Please run ./configure before your first commit to install a pre-commit hook that formats the code.
diff --git a/scripts/link_linux.sh b/scripts/link_linux.sh
index a6a0e0b09..657c67769 100755
--- a/scripts/link_linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link_linux.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ JAVA_HOME="./jdks/linux/jdk-18"
 
 # Build in dist/linux
 rm -rf dist/linux
-jlink \
+${JAVA_HOME}/bin/jlink \
   --module-path $JAVA_HOME/jmods \
   --add-modules java.base,java.compiler,java.logging,java.sql,java.xml,jdk.compiler,jdk.jdi,jdk.unsupported,jdk.zipfs \
   --output dist/linux \
   --no-header-files \
   --no-man-pages \
-  --compress 2
\ No newline at end of file
+  --compress 2