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@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ ThreeTwo! currently is set up as:
 
 The recommended approach is to simply use `docker-compose` which spins up containers for the UI and all the associated microservices and data store.
 To do that:
+Make sure that you have `docker` and `docker-compose` installed.
 
 1. Clone this repo using `git clone https://github.com/rishighan/threetwo.git`
-2. Run `docker-compose up --build -d`
-3. Note that the first time, the process could take up to 10 minutes
+2. Create an external docker network using `docker network create proxy`
+3. Run `docker-compose up --build -d`
+4. Note that the first time, the process could take up to 10 minutes, since it is building containers for `threetwo`, `threetwo-import-service`, `comicvine-service`, `mongo`, `nats`, `nginx`
     
 However, for debugging and troubleshooting, you can run this app locally using these steps: