Running locally 1. After starting docker, go to the fortuna root folder 2. Ensure that you have the appropriate .env file in each folder 3. Add COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=fortunabackend at the top of the .env for the backend 4. Add COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=fortunafrontend at the top of the .env for the frontend 5. type the following: docker-compose up --build once it appears go to localhost:3000 in the browser make sure that you can log in with your local account 6. To stop containers from running, press ctrl+c in terminal. If this does not work, open a new terminal and type the following docker-compose stop 7. When installing new npm packages, you will need to type the following docker-compose down -v Note: It will probably be best that you do docker-compose down -v after pulling from the master branch just in case someone forgets to mention that a new package was installed