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 ## Django server
 
-Go back to the root directory and runthe following to start the django server
+Go back to the root directory and run the following to start the django server
 
 Create a file names .env in the `backend` root directory of the cloned repo. <br/>
 Then store your SECREY_KEY KEY and DEBUG variables in the file