diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f67b71d2..056e74c79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ An example `finch.yaml` looks like this:
 cpus: 4
 # memory: the amount of memory to dedicate to the virtual machine. (required)
 memory: 4GiB
+# snapshotter: the snapshotter a user want to use as there default snapshotter
+# Supported Snapshotters List:
+# - soci https://github.com/awslabs/soci-snapshotter/tree/main
+# Once the option has been set the snapshotter will be installed on either finch vm init or finch vm start.
+# The snapshotter binary will be downloaded on the virtual machine and will be configured and ready for use.
+# To change your default snpahotter back to overlayfs, simply remove the snapshotter value from finch.yaml
+# To completely remove the snapshotter binary, shell into your VM and remove /usr/local/bin/{snapshotter binary}
+# and remove the snapshotter configuration in the containerd config file found at /etc/containerd/config.toml
+snapshotter: soci
 # creds_helpers: a list of credential helpers that will be installed and configured automatically. 
 # Supported Credential Helpers List: 
 # - ecr-login https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-credential-helper
diff --git a/finch.yaml b/finch.yaml
index 8e19f8623..f1dcc0f43 100644
--- a/finch.yaml
+++ b/finch.yaml
@@ -121,11 +121,10 @@ containerd:
   user: false
 #  # Override containerd archive
 #  # 🟢 Builtin default: hard-coded URL with hard-coded digest (see the output of `limactl info | jq .defaultTemplate.containerd.archives`)
-  # adding archive for nerdctl 1.5.0 just for e2e testing
-  archives:
-  - location: "https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v1.5.0/nerdctl-full-1.5.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz"
-    arch: "aarch64"
-    digest: "sha256:32a2537e0a80e1493b5934ca56c3e237466606a1b720aef23b9c0a7fc3303bdb"
+#  archives:
+#  - location: "~/Downloads/nerdctl-full-X.Y.Z-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+#    arch: "x86_64"
+#    digest: "sha256:..."
 
 # Provisioning scripts need to be idempotent because they might be called
 # multiple times, e.g. when the host VM is being restarted.
diff --git a/pkg/config/lima_config_applier_test.go b/pkg/config/lima_config_applier_test.go
index a6cd9003b..97aeb7b8f 100644
--- a/pkg/config/lima_config_applier_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/lima_config_applier_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fi
 			want: nil,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "adds soci script when soci is set to true in config",
+			name: "adds soci script when snapshotter is set to soci in config",
 			config: &Finch{
 				Memory:      pointer.String("2GiB"),
 				CPUs:        pointer.Int(4),
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ fi
 			want: nil,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "doesn't add soci script when soci is set to false in config",
+			name: "doesn't add soci script when snapshotter is not set in config",
 			config: &Finch{
 				Memory:      pointer.String("2GiB"),
 				CPUs:        pointer.Int(4),
 				VMType:      pointer.String("qemu"),
 				Rosetta:     pointer.Bool(false),
-				Snapshotter: pointer.String("string"),
+				Snapshotter: pointer.String(""),
 			},
 			path:   "/lima.yaml",
 			isInit: true,