From 0193240048f55483154c9bc0663d8ee6923f6137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pulipakaa24 <pulipakaaditya@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:54:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] readme update

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 readme.md | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index da82222..f5cf399 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 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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