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 ## Getting Started
 
-To get started with running the Evagram application in development mode, clone the JCSDA-internal/evagram repository into your local machine. 
+To get started with running the Evagram application in development mode, clone the JCSDA-internal/evagram repository into your local machine.
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
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 ## Usage
 
-Once Docker is successfully installed into your system, simply open the Docker CLI and type in this command: `docker compose up`. This will automatically build the Evagram application using the docker compose configuration file and click on https://localhost:3000 once the process has started.
+Once Docker is successfully installed into your system, simply open the Docker CLI to build and run the application: `docker compose build` and `docker compose up`. This will automatically build the Evagram application using the docker compose configuration file and click on https://localhost:3000 once the process has started.