diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 733fa44..3c1d42c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -201,3 +201,5 @@ local.properties
 # sftp configuration file
 sftp-config.json
 
+.vagrant/
+ubuntu-xenial-16.04-cloudimg-console.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d0f37c..32b31f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ experience assumed or required.  Just follow the instructions below to start
 making tests pass!
 
 
+### Getting Started: simpler version
+
+Install Vagrant and VirtualBox
+
+    vagrant up
+    vagrant ssh
+    cd /vagrant
+    lein koan run
+
 ### Getting Started
 
 The easiest and fastest way to get the koans up and running is to [download the
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9eab26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
+
+  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.33"
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+    vb.memory = "1024"
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+    set -x
+
+    #apt-get update
+    #apt-get upgrade -y
+    apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk
+  SHELL
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", privileged: false, inline: <<-SHELL
+      pwd
+      mkdir bin
+      echo "PATH=\$PATH:~/bin" >> .bashrc
+
+      cd bin
+      wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein
+      chmod +x lein
+      ./lein
+
+      cd /vagrant
+      ~/bin/lein deps
+    SHELL
+end