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 <li> Add token/cookie(?) authentication </li>
 </ul>
 
-#Let's keep updating this readme.md file as we complete our tasks
+# Let's keep updating this readme.md file as we complete our tasks
+ 
+## How to launch
+First, make sure that python is installed. Create a virtual environment (if you want to)
+```
+python -m venv venv
+source /venv/bin/activate
+```
+(not necessary)
+
+run the docker image provided to launch postgresql (telegram)
+
+install dependencies:
+```
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+open terminal in the **app** directory, and launch with:
+```
+uvicorn main:app --reload
+```
+OR
+```
+python3 -m uvicorn main:app --reload
+```
 
 ## Git Guide 
 - [Git Reference](http://git.github.io/git-reference): despite its name it is more of a user guide.