diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6b6e103..1eb759a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -10,14 +10,18 @@ gem "sequel", "~> 5.72"
 
 gem "tilt", "~> 2.2"
 
-gem "cucumber", "~> 9.0"
-
 gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.6"
 
 gem "erubi", "~> 1.12"
 
-gem "capybara", "~> 3.39"
+group :development do
 
-gem "rspec", "~> 3.12"
+  gem "cucumber", "~> 9.0"
 
-gem "selenium-webdriver", "~> 4.13"
+  gem "capybara", "~> 3.39"
+
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.12"
+
+  gem "selenium-webdriver", "~> 4.13"
+
+end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d856b94..40a0be3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ GEM
       process-metrics (~> 0.2.0)
       protocol-rack (~> 0.1)
       samovar (~> 2.1)
-    ffi (1.15.5)
+    ffi (1.16.2)
     fiber-annotation (0.2.0)
     fiber-local (1.0.0)
     io-event (1.3.2)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ GEM
     nokogiri (1.15.4)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    openssl (3.1.0)
+    openssl (3.2.0)
     process-metrics (0.2.1)
       console (~> 1.8)
       samovar (~> 2.1)
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ GEM
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 3.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
-    sequel (5.72.0)
+    sequel (5.73.0)
       bigdecimal
     sqlite3 (1.6.6)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
     sys-uname (1.2.3)
       ffi (~> 1.1)
-    tilt (2.2.0)
+    tilt (2.3.0)
     timers (4.3.5)
     traces (0.11.1)
     websocket (1.2.10)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 560106e..cd93b2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ Roda, Falcon, Sequel, and SQLite
 
 the point of this project is to quickly build something and work on continuous deployment while making small refinements to the functional pieces.
 
-before running the server, you must build the database by running the following:
+
+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'
+
+after the dependencies are installed, you have to create the db
 
 `sequel -m db/migrations sqlite://db/url_shortener.db`
+
+to start the application with Falcon:
+
+`rackup -o {ip address} -p {port} -s falcon`