From 15db8ea6df92a61685ee92f933f89f14051147b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HappyLoLTroll <71263735+HappyLoLTroll@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:02:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md (#2)

---
 README.md | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7f054c..2e67905 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,16 @@ first build the image using the dockerfile
 docker build -t govd-bot .
 ```
 
-then edit the .env file and match the DB properties with the MariaDB service environment variables in the docker-compose.yml file and run
+next, update the .env file to ensure the database properties match the environment variables defined for the MariaDB service in the docker-compose.yml file 
+(while the default environment variables defined for the MariaDB service are acceptable, it is recommended to change the `MYSQL_PASSWORD` property in the docker-compose.yaml file for enhanced security and ensure that you also modify the the `DB_PASSWORD` property in the .env file to reflect this change)
+
+the following line in the .env file MUST be set as shown below
+
+```env
+DB_HOST=db
+```
+
+finally run the compose to start all services
 
 ```bash
 docker compose up -d