diff --git a/common/src/envs/constants.ts b/common/src/envs/constants.ts
index 03bd8d8..6c1d9fb 100644
--- a/common/src/envs/constants.ts
+++ b/common/src/envs/constants.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const LOCAL_WEB_DOMAIN = 'localhost:3000';
 export const LOCAL_BACKEND_DOMAIN = 'localhost:8088';
 
 export const IS_GOOGLE_CLOUD = !!process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT
-export const IS_VERCEL = !!process.env.VERCEL
+export const IS_VERCEL = !!process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL
 export const IS_LOCAL = !IS_GOOGLE_CLOUD && !IS_VERCEL
 export const HOSTING_ENV = IS_GOOGLE_CLOUD ? 'Google Cloud' : IS_VERCEL ? 'Vercel' : IS_LOCAL ? 'local' : 'unknown'
 console.log(`Running in ${HOSTING_ENV}`, isProd() ? '(prod)' : '(dev)');
diff --git a/web/README.md b/web/README.md
index dff8406..af4f1af 100644
--- a/web/README.md
+++ b/web/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ This is the folder for the web application.
 
 ### Information
 
+##### Setup
+
+This is the setup for deployment on Vercel, which you only need to do if you create a new platform from scratch, not if you are contributing to Compass
+
+Set up a Vercel account and link it to your GitHub repository.
+
+Add the following environment variables and the ones in `.env` in the Vercel dashboard:
+```bash
+NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL=1
+```
+
 ##### `next` version
 
 The `next` version is 14.1.0, as we get the following error with 15.1.2 and above when accessing `/[username]` pages on Vercel: