diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 6a467fbf4..541e6fc9d 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
   "repoType": "github",
   "repoHost": "https://github.com",
   "files": [
-    "README.md"
+    "CONTRIBUTING.md"
   ],
   "imageSize": 50,
   "commit": false,
   "commitConvention": "angular",
   "contributorsPerLine": 7,
   "contributorsSortAlphabetically": false,
-  "linkToUsage": true,
+  "linkToUsage": false,
   "skipCi": true,
   "contributors": [
     {
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 225c03ba1..d1a73c6aa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/all-contributors/nosqlbench/nosqlbench?color=ee8449&style=flat-square)](#contributors)
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-37-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
 
 NoSQLBench is an ambitious project. It aims to solve long-standing problems in distributed systems
 testing. There are *many* ways you can contribute! Please take a moment to review this document
@@ -122,11 +121,27 @@ are eager to get it into the hands of users who need it.
 
 ## Contributors
 Thanks to these contributors! :sparkle:
-For recognizing contributions, please follow [this documentation](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/bot/usage).
+For recognizing contributions, please follow [this documentation](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/bot/usage) and pick a key/contribution type from [here](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key).
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
 <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 <!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+<table>
+  <tbody>
+    <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/jshook"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2148847?v=4?s=50" width="50px;" alt="Jonathan Shook"/><br /><sub><b>Jonathan Shook</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#mentoring-jshook" title="Mentoring">🧑‍🏫</a></td>
+    </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+    <tr>
+      <td align="center" size="13px" colspan="7">
+        <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/all-contributors/all-contributors-cli/1b8533af435da9854653492b1327a23a4dbd0a10/assets/logo-small.svg">
+          <a href="https://all-contributors.js.org/docs/en/bot/usage">Add your contributions</a>
+        </img>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+</table>
 
 <!-- markdownlint-restore -->
 <!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ab967b0e..fb91ad3d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,29 +109,6 @@ available, but more work is needed to support them fully. Here is what is suppor
 
 
 ## Contributors
+Checkout all our wonderful contributors [here](./CONTRIBUTING.md#contributors).
 
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
-<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
-<table>
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/jshook"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2148847?v=4?s=50" width="50px;" alt="Jonathan Shook"/><br /><sub><b>Jonathan Shook</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#mentoring-jshook" title="Mentoring">🧑‍🏫</a></td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-  <tfoot>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center" size="13px" colspan="7">
-        <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/all-contributors/all-contributors-cli/1b8533af435da9854653492b1327a23a4dbd0a10/assets/logo-small.svg">
-          <a href="https://all-contributors.js.org/docs/en/bot/usage">Add your contributions</a>
-        </img>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-  </tfoot>
-</table>
-
-<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
-<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
-
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
-
+---