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 To run the application using Docker, follow these steps:
 
-1. Clone the repository.
+1. Clone the repository.  Create a .env file in the root folder.
 2. Set up the environment variable `GITHUB_API_KEY` in the `.env` file.
 3. Build the Docker images with `docker compose build`.
 4. Start the containers with `docker compose up`.