diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 `docker-compose.yml` will use `.env` to set environment variables.  
 Rename either `.env-dev` or `.env-production` to `.env` before running for the first time.
+
+
+If need to (re)create a database see server/README.md
diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 first time otherwise they'll be created with `root` permissions and cause
 everything to go to shit.
 
-## For a persistemt database
+## For a persistent database
 
 ```bash
 # create empty database file on host