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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ serve images of your choice via terminal curl to any place you want!!
 ## how to use
 use docker.
 * copy compose.yml from this repo into a folder you want and ```mkdir images``` in same folder.
+* put the images you want it to serve in aforementioned image folder.
 * ```docker compose up -d```
 * reverse proxy appropriately to port 52420.
 * cry.