diff --git a/GUIDE.md b/GUIDE.md
index 44ff7cf..3be03e4 100644
--- a/GUIDE.md
+++ b/GUIDE.md
@@ -46,8 +46,21 @@ Require OrbitDB and IPFS in your program and create the instances:
 const IPFS = require('ipfs')
 const OrbitDB = require('orbit-db')
 
-const ipfs = new IPFS()
+// OrbitDB uses Pubsub which is an experimental feature
+// and need to be turned on manually. 
+// Note that these options need to be passed to IPFS in 
+// all examples in this document even if not specfied so.
+const ipfsOptions = {
+  EXPERIMENTAL: {
+    pubsub: true
+  },
+}
+
+// Create IPFS instance
+const ipfs = new IPFS(ipfsOptions)
+
 ipfs.on('ready', () => {
+  // Create OrbitDB instance
   const orbitdb = new OrbitDB(ipfs)
 })
 ```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5d6f30..d6c96f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,18 @@ Use it as a module:
 const IPFS = require('ipfs')
 const OrbitDB = require('orbit-db')
 
-const ipfs = new IPFS()
+// OrbitDB uses Pubsub which is an experimental feature
+// and need to be turned on manually.
+// Note that these options need to be passed to IPFS in 
+// all examples even if not specfied so.
+const ipfsOptions = {
+  EXPERIMENTAL: {
+    pubsub: true
+  },
+}
+
+// Create IPFS instance
+const ipfs = new IPFS(ipfsOptions)
 
 ipfs.on('error', (e) => console.error(e))
 ipfs.on('ready', async () => {