diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa597f4..f76209d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,24 @@
-*🚧 This plugin is a **Work in Progress** 🚧
+# ✨🐾 Pet The Animals 🐾✨
+
+Pet friendly NPCs around Gielinor directly from RuneLite.
+This plugin adds a custom **Pet** option to a variety of animals and displays a fun
+response from your character.
+
+## Features
+- Right–click **Pet** option for whitelisted NPCs.
+- Overhead text and/or chat messages with randomized flavour text.
+- Configurable maximum distance to interact.
+- Add your own comma‑separated list of additional NPC names to pet.
+
+## Configuration
+The plugin exposes several options in the RuneLite configuration panel:
+
+| Option | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| Enable Chat Message | Send pet message to chatbox. |
+| Enable Overhead Text | Show message over your player. |
+| Max Distance | Maximum number of tiles you can be from the NPC (default 2). |
+| Additional NPCs | Extra comma-separated NPC names that are allowed to be petted. |
+
+## Building
+This is a standard RuneLite plugin and can be built with `./gradlew build`.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsConfig.java
index 791814a..55ffedf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsConfig.java
@@ -22,8 +22,28 @@ default boolean enableChatMessage()
 		name = "Enable Overhead Text",
 		description = "Show the pet message above your player."
 	)
-	default boolean enableOverheadText()
-	{
-		return true;
-	}
+        default boolean enableOverheadText()
+        {
+                return true;
+        }
+
+        @ConfigItem(
+                keyName = "petDistance",
+                name = "Max Distance",
+                description = "Maximum tiles away you can be to pet an NPC."
+        )
+        default int petDistance()
+        {
+                return 2;
+        }
+
+        @ConfigItem(
+                keyName = "additionalNpcNames",
+                name = "Additional NPCs",
+                description = "Comma-separated list of extra NPC names that can be petted."
+        )
+        default String additionalNpcNames()
+        {
+                return "";
+        }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsPlugin.java b/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsPlugin.java
index 149a95c..55d5436 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pettheanimals/PetTheAnimalsPlugin.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public class PetTheAnimalsPlugin extends Plugin
     @Override
     protected void startUp() throws Exception
     {
+        registerPetMenu();
         log.info("Pet the Animals started");
     }
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ protected void shutDown() throws Exception
             clearOverheadTask.cancel(true);
         }
         scheduler.shutdownNow();
+        unregisterPetMenu();
         log.info("Pet the Animals stopped");
     }
 
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ private boolean isWhitelisted(String npcName)
         }
         // Remove level suffixes and trim
         String name = npcName.replaceAll("\\s*\\(level-?\\d+\\)\\s*", "").trim();
-        // Case-insensitive exact match against our whitelist
+        // Case-insensitive exact match against our built-in whitelist
         for (String allowed : PetResponses.WHITELISTED_NPCS)
         {
             if (allowed.equalsIgnoreCase(name))
@@ -229,6 +231,21 @@ private boolean isWhitelisted(String npcName)
                 return true;
             }
         }
+
+        // Allow user-defined additional names from configuration
+        String extra = config.additionalNpcNames();
+        if (extra != null && !extra.trim().isEmpty())
+        {
+            String[] split = extra.split(",");
+            for (String s : split)
+            {
+                if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(s.trim()))
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -426,7 +443,7 @@ public void onMenuOptionClicked(MenuOptionClicked event)
             {
                 WorldPoint me = client.getLocalPlayer().getWorldLocation();
                 WorldPoint them = npc.getWorldLocation();
-                if (!withinTiles(me, them, 2))
+                if (!withinTiles(me, them, config.petDistance()))
                 {
                     client.addChatMessage(ChatMessageType.GAMEMESSAGE, "", "You need to be closer to do that.", null);
                     event.consume();