diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2f98937466ff3358fb0d30d78026b08537d09d70..3639303be88c03b26a9688bdc999db3dca5e21ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,16 @@ cmake:
     stage: build
     tags:
         - cvmfs
+    before_script:
+        - cd /lib64
+        - ln -s libssl.so.1.1.1k libssl.so
+        - ln -s libcrypto.so.1.1.1k libcrypto.so
+        - cd -
     script:
         - source /cvmfs/cms.cern.ch/cmsset_default.sh
         - yum install -y cmake3 python3 zsh
         - ./install.sh
-
+        - cd CMSSW*/
+        - shopt -s expand_aliases  # allows aliases like cmsenv to be used
+        - cmsenv
+        - scram b -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b36e0596e69bcb5d087048edb1aca5de4d345160..b8186b27aa011e63c9ff78290ef5a8481604a3f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,31 +13,29 @@ The `Campaigns` subgroup contains actual repos corresponding to different analys
 
 ## Installation
 
-### From scratch
+### From scratch with the default installer
 
-In general, it is recommended that you install the software on a fast disk to ensure fast compilation (e.g. AFS), but that you process the heavy n-tuples on a dedicated area (e.g. NFS at DESY, EOS at CERN).
+In general, it is recommended that you install the software on a fast disk to ensure fast compilation (e.g. AFS), but that you process the heavy n-tuples on a dedicated area (e.g. NFS at DESY, EOS at CERN). Keeping the software neat and clean is important for reproducibility.
 
-First clone the `Installer`. Then source the minimal environment for CMSSW, CRAB, and RUCIO:
+1. Clone the `Installer`. Then source the minimal environment for CMSSW, CRAB, and RUCIO:
 ```
 cd DasAnalysisSystem
 source ./setup
 ```
 It is currently working at CERN (CH), at DESY (DE), at IIHE (BE), and for GitLab CI. Feel free to make a merge request to include your favourite facility.
-
-Finally, the installation is trivial:
+2. Run the installation:
 ```
-make
+./install.sh
 ```
-This takes a few minutes, then you're all set.
-
-#### Remarks
-
-1. You may overwrite (at your own risks) the CMSSW release by running `make CMSSW=CMSSW_X_Y_Z` where you tune `X`, `Y`, and `Z` to the values of the release that you want to test. This may be necessary to run over certain data sets; however, we cannot guarantee that the code will compile nor provide the same result as in the default release.
-2. `git-cms-init` is not run, since it is a priori not useful for the framework to run, takes 100MB of space, and makes the installation slower. If it may happen to be useful, you have to add it in the Makefile. It must be run right after setting up the release, when it is locally still empty.
-3. To use SSH instead of HTTPS, run `make GITLAB=ssh://git@gitlab.cern.ch:7999`.
-4. The `PlottingHelper` is not cloned by default as it is only useful for plotting purposes.
+*Remark*: if a CMSSW release has already been sourced, it will use that one instead of installing a new one.
+3. Then change to the directory of the CMSSW release (by default, it is created in the local directory) and compile as follows:
+```
+cmsenv
+scram b -j$(nproc)
+```
+4. After a few minutes, you're all set. You may have to rerun `cmsenv` to actually see the commands in the shell.
 
-### From an existing CMSSW release or from an existing installation.
+### By hand, step by step
 
 In the following, we explain the installation of the framework step by step. A few packages external to CMSSW are necessary (e.g. TUnfold), which you will need to tell CMSSW how to find them with `scram setup`.
 
@@ -58,27 +56,20 @@ mv -f TUnfoldV17Dict_rdict.pcm lib/
 ```
 (cd $CMSSW_BASE && scram setup $OLDPWD/libgit2.xml)
 ```
-3. Install ProtoDarwin:
+3. Install Darwin:
 ```
-git clone $(GITLAB)/paconnor/ProtoDarwin.git
+git clone https://gitlab.cern.ch/Proto/Darwin.git
 cmake3 -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/build/install
 cmake3 --build build -j`nproc`
 cmake3 --build build --target install
-(cd $CMSSW_BASE && scram setup $OLDPWD/../protodarwin.xml)
-```
-4. Clone the `Tables` wherever you like and the `Core` in CMSSW, and compile as usual with `scram b -j`.
-
-#### Remark
-
-If you want to rerun jet clustering (e.g. to have AK8 jets at a low transverse momentum), you need to clone the [JetToolbox](https://github.com/cms-jet/JetToolbox.git):
-```
-git clone https://github.com/cms-jet/JetToolbox.git $CMSSW_BASE/JMEAnalysis/JetToolbox -b jetToolbox_120X
+(cd $CMSSW_BASE && scram setup $OLDPWD/../darwin.xml)
 ```
-That version needs a minor patch:
+4. If you want to rerun jet clustering (e.g. to have AK8 jets at a low transverse momentum), you need to clone the branch `jetToolbox_120X` from the [JetToolbox](https://github.com/cms-jet/JetToolbox.git), and apply a minor patch with the following commands:
 ```
 cd $CMSSW_BASE/src/JMEAnalysis/JetToolbox
 patch -p1 $OLDPWD/jetToolbox_120X.patch
 ```
+5. Clone the `Tables` wherever you like and the `Core` in CMSSW, and compile as usual with `scram b -j`.
 
 ## Setting up the environment