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@@ -10,18 +10,25 @@ first you have to install the dependencies:
 
 `bundle install`
 
+
 if you want the development group included run this first:
 
-`bundle config set --local with 'development'
+`bundle config set --local with 'development'`
+
 
 then create a .env.rb file in the root directory that contains the following ENV attributes:
-APP_SESSION_SECRET
-DB_NAME
+
+
+ENV["APP_SESSION_SECRET"] = {output of a random 64 byte secret}
+
+ENV["DB_NAME"] = {db file name}
+
 
 after the dependencies are installed, you have to create the db
 
 `sequel -m db/migrations sqlite://db/{DB_NAME}`
 
+
 to start the application with Falcon:
 
 `rackup -o {ip address} -p {port} -s falcon`