diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 769d499..4a4399d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,39 @@ This README file was mainly generated using ChatGPT, a tool that generates human
 
 ## Getting Started
 
+### Cloning the flutter_zxing project
+
+To clone the flutter_zxing project from Github which includes submodules, use the following command:
+
+```bash
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/khoren93/flutter_zxing.git
+```
+
+### Installing dependencies
+
+Use Melos to install the dependencies of the flutter_zxing project. Melos is a tool that helps you manage multiple Dart packages in a single repository. To install Melos, use the following command:
+
+```bash
+pub global activate melos
+```
+
+To install the dependencies of the flutter_zxing project, use the following command:
+
+```bash
+melos bootstrap
+```
+
+To allow the building on iOS and MacOS, you need to run the following command:
+
+```bash
+cd scripts
+sh update_ios_macos_src.sh
+```
+
+Now you can run the flutter_zxing example app on your device or emulator.
+
+## Usage
+
 ### To read barcode
 
 ```dart
diff --git a/example/pubspec.lock b/example/pubspec.lock
index dbdaac8..8763bb4 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ packages:
       path: ".."
       relative: true
     source: path
-    version: "1.0.0-beta.4"
+    version: "1.0.0-beta.7"
   font_awesome_flutter:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -359,4 +359,4 @@ packages:
     version: "6.1.0"
 sdks:
   dart: ">=2.18.0 <3.0.0"
-  flutter: ">=3.3.0"
+  flutter: ">=3.0.0"
diff --git a/scripts/update_ios_macos_src.sh b/scripts/update_ios_macos_src.sh
index 1d8ad2f..c914817 100644
--- a/scripts/update_ios_macos_src.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_ios_macos_src.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ macosSrcPath="../macos/Classes/src"
 rm -rf $iosSrcPath
 rm -rf $macosSrcPath
 
+# create the source directories
+mkdir -p $iosSrcPath
+mkdir -p $macosSrcPath
+
 # Copy the source files
 rsync -av --exclude '*.txt' --exclude "zxing/" "$srcPath/" "$iosSrcPath/" 
 rsync -av "$zxingPath/" "$iosSrcPath/zxing/"
 
 rsync -av --exclude '*.txt' --exclude "zxing/" "$srcPath/" "$macosSrcPath/" 
 rsync -av "$zxingPath/" "$macosSrcPath/zxing/"
-
diff --git a/zxscanner/pubspec.lock b/zxscanner/pubspec.lock
index 4092141..8879ce6 100644
--- a/zxscanner/pubspec.lock
+++ b/zxscanner/pubspec.lock
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@ packages:
   flutter_zxing:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
-      name: flutter_zxing
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "0.10.0"
+      path: ".."
+      relative: true
+    source: path
+    version: "1.0.0-beta.7"
   font_awesome_flutter:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description: