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 Lab inventory management service
 
 ## How to run on localhost
-
+### First-Time Setup:
 ```bash
 # 1
 npm install
@@ -19,4 +19,14 @@ cd ..
 
 # 4
 npm run dev
+```
+
+### Every time after the first:
+```bash
+npm install
+cd server
+npm install
+npm run db:migrate
+cd ..
+npm run dev
 ```
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