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 ## Getting Started
 
-To run bookish locally first set the `BOOKSHOST` environment variable in `./docker-compose.yml` to the Books API hostname. You can then use the docker-compose from the root directory to spin up the local environment:
+To run bookish locally first set the `BOOKSHOST` environment variable in `./docker-compose.yml` to the Books API hostname. You can then use docker-compose from the root directory to spin up the local environment:
 
 ```
 docker-compose up -d
 ```
 
-This will start a local MySQL container on port `3306` using the `root` user and password `123pass`. A volume will be mounted that holds spin up SQL scripts that will prepare the database for you.ish-server` directory.
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+This will start a local MySQL container on port `3306` using the `root` user and password `123pass`. A volume will be mounted that holds spin up SQL scripts that will prepare the database for you.ish-server` directory.