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+# Wayback Machine Downloader
+
+Download any website from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
+
+## Installation
+
+You need to install Ruby on your system if you don't already have it, then run:
+
+    gem install wayback_machine_downloader
+
+## Usage
+
+### Basic 
+
+Pass the base url of the website you want to retrieve as an argument (ie. http://example.com):
+
+    wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com
+
+### How it works
+
+It will download the last version of every files present on Wayback Machine to `websites/example.com/`. It will also re-create a directory structure and auto-create `index.html` pages to work seamlessly with Apache and Nginx. URLs and links structure are preserved as much as possible.
+
+### Optional Timestamp
+
+You may want to supply a speicifc timestamp to lock your backup to an older version of the website. Wayback Machine Downloader will then fetch only file versions on or prior to the timestamp specified:
+
+    wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com` --timestamp 20060716231334
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome! Just submit a pull request via GitHub.
+
+To run the tests:
+
+    rake test