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@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ $ docker compose up
 - exposes `data/db` and `data/avatars` as volumes for data backup and persistence
 - exposes `secrets/` as a volume so that the script won't try to perform first time setup again
 
+make sure to run it in an interactive session the first time, because it will spit out the password to the auto-created admin account.
+
 ## manual
 1. install:
    - OpenResty. instructions for linux can be found [here](https://openresty.org/en/linux-packages.html)