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 - A simple way to track expenses
 - cash budgeting in digital mode
 
+# Setup
+
+```sh
+$ git clone [this repo]
+$ docker-compose build
+$ docker-compose run --rm server bash
+# Puts you into the command line in the server container
+$ > python manage.py migrate
+$ > python manage.py createsuperuser --email admin@example.com --username admin
+$ > exit
+# You are now back in your machine bash
+$ docker-compose down && docker-compose up -d
+# Containers will all start
+```
+
 # Ideas
 
 - put items in your wishlist and track savings to buy big-ticket items