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@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ Pre-requisites
 
 Copy the `.env.example` to `.env` and replace the database credentials with your local postgres user credentials.
 
+Install the dependencies
+`bundle install`
+
 Create the database
 `rake db:create`
 
+Run the database migrations
+`rake db:migrate`
+
 Start the rails server
 ```
 rails s