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 ### How to get started
 - `yarn setup` from the project root directory.
-
-This will fill in the required `.env` files you'll need in each of the application sections. Go fill those out before proceeding or else things won't work right.
+  - This will fill in the required `.env` files you'll need in each of the application sections. Go fill those out before proceeding or else things won't work right.
+- `cd frontend && yarn install && cd ../server && yarn install` from the project root directory.
+ 
 
 Next, you will need some content to embed. This could be a Youtube Channel, Medium articles, local text files, word documents, and the list goes on. This is where you will use the `collector/` part of the repo.
 
@@ -58,4 +59,4 @@ Next, you will need some content to embed. This could be a Youtube Channel, Medi
 ### Contributing
 - create issue
 - create PR with branch name format of `<issue number>-<short name>`
-- yee haw let's merge
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+- yee haw let's merge