diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,31 +16,34 @@
 ```
 https://github.com/dhrumilp12/Mental-Health-Companion.git
 ```
-2. Build the server with Docker
-```
-cd ./server
-docker build --pull --rm -t mental-health-app:latest .
-```
 
-3. Configure environment variables:
+2. Configure environment variables:
    - Copy the `.env.example` file to a new file named `.env`.
    - Update the `.env` file with your specific configurations.
    ```
    cp .env.example .env
    ```
-4. Setup the frontend environment with NPM
+5. Setup the frontend environment with NPM
 ```
 cd ./client
 npm install
+npm run dev
 ```
 5. Run the backend:
 ```
+cd ./server
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 python app.py
 ```
-6. Build the frontend:
+5. Build the frontend:
 ```
 npm run build
 ```
+6. Build the backend with Docker
+```
+cd ./server
+docker build --pull --rm -t mental-health-app:latest .
+```
 7. Execute the frontend:
 ```
 npm run preview