diff --git a/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md b/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md
index 12e39ebe3b..13aba57a01 100644
--- a/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md
+++ b/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md
@@ -136,3 +136,29 @@ helm upgrade --install dd secureCodeBox/persistence-defectdojo \
 | image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` | Image pull policy. One of Always, Never, IfNotPresent. Defaults to Always if :latest tag is specified, or IfNotPresent otherwise. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images#updating-images |
 | image.repository | string | `"docker.io/securecodebox/persistence-defectdojo"` | Hook image repository |
 | image.tag | string | `nil` | Container image tag |
+
+## Running Locally from Source
+For Development, it can be useful to run the Hook locally. You can do so by following these steps:
+
+1. Make sure you have access to a running [DefectDojo](https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo) Instance
+2. [Run a Scan](https://docs.securecodebox.io/docs/getting-started/first-scans) of your choice.
+3. Supply Download Links for the Scan Results (Raw Result and Findings.json). You can e.g., access them from the
+included [Minio Instance](https://docs.securecodebox.io/docs/getting-started/installation/#accessing-the-included-minio-instance)
+and upload them to a GitHub gist.
+
+4. Set the following environment variables
+
+- DEFECTDOJO_URL (e.g http://192.168.0.228:8080);
+- DEFECTDOJO_USERNAME (e.g admin)
+- DEFECTDOJO_APIKEY= (e.g. b09c.., can be fetched from the DefectDojo Settings)
+- IS_DEV=true
+- SCAN_NAME (e.g nmap-scanme.nmap.org, must be set exactly to the name of the scan used in step 2)
+
+5. Build the jar with gradle and run it with the following CLI arguments: {Raw Result Download URL} {Findings Download URL} {Raw Result Upload URL} {Findings Upload URL}.
+See the code snippet below. You have to adjust the filename of the jar for other versions than the '0.1.0-SNAPSHOT'.
+Also you will need to change the download URLs for the Raw Result and Findings to the ones from Step 3. 
+
+```bash
+./gradlew build
+java -jar build/libs/defectdojo-persistenceprovider-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar https://gist.githubusercontent.com/.../scanme-nmap-org.xml https://gist.githubusercontent.com/.../nmap-findings.json https://httpbin.org/put https://httpbin.org/put
+```
diff --git a/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md.gotmpl b/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md.gotmpl
index 1878f45eb9..5950110dde 100644
--- a/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md.gotmpl
+++ b/hooks/persistence-defectdojo/README.md.gotmpl
@@ -132,3 +132,29 @@ helm upgrade --install dd secureCodeBox/persistence-defectdojo \
 ## Chart Configuration
 
 {{ template "chart.valuesTable" . }}
+
+## Running Locally from Source
+For Development, it can be useful to run the Hook locally. You can do so by following these steps:
+
+1. Make sure you have access to a running [DefectDojo](https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo) Instance
+2. [Run a Scan](https://docs.securecodebox.io/docs/getting-started/first-scans) of your choice. 
+3. Supply Download Links for the Scan Results (Raw Result and Findings.json). You can e.g., access them from the 
+included [Minio Instance](https://docs.securecodebox.io/docs/getting-started/installation/#accessing-the-included-minio-instance)
+and upload them to a GitHub gist.
+
+4. Set the following environment variables
+
+- DEFECTDOJO_URL (e.g http://192.168.0.228:8080);
+- DEFECTDOJO_USERNAME (e.g admin)
+- DEFECTDOJO_APIKEY= (e.g. b09c.., can be fetched from the DefectDojo Settings)
+- IS_DEV=true
+- SCAN_NAME (e.g nmap-scanme.nmap.org, must be set exactly to the name of the scan used in step 2)
+
+5. Build the jar with gradle and run it with the following CLI arguments: {Raw Result Download URL} {Findings Download URL} {Raw Result Upload URL} {Findings Upload URL}.
+See the code snippet below. You have to adjust the filename of the jar for other versions than the '0.1.0-SNAPSHOT'.
+Also you will need to change the download URLs for the Raw Result and Findings to the ones from Step 3.  
+
+```bash
+./gradlew build
+java -jar build/libs/defectdojo-persistenceprovider-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar https://gist.githubusercontent.com/.../scanme-nmap-org.xml https://gist.githubusercontent.com/.../nmap-findings.json https://httpbin.org/put https://httpbin.org/put
+```