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README.md

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 ## SETUP:
 
 ## Download:
+*Python v3.11 or greater must be installed on your system for this.*
 
 1. Clone or download from github.
 2. Enter the downloaded folder.
+3. Open a terminal in the folder with the 'src' folder.
+4. Create a new virtual environment: ```python -m venv venv```
+5. Activate the virtual environment: (Windows) ```venv\Scripts\activate.bat```
+6. Install dependencies: ```pip install -r requirements.txt```
 
 ## Database:
 
 1. Copy 'alembic_default.ini' to 'alembic.ini' in the same folder.
 2. Open 'alembic.ini' and edit 'sqlalchemy.url' to the desired path of the database.
    1. The path by default is sqlite based. Postgresql support is available.
-   2. Postgres path
+3. Open a terminal in the folder with the 'src' folder.
+4. Run database migration: ```alembic upgrade head```
+
+## First Run:
+
+1. On first run, the application copies src/config.yml to C:\Users\{USERNAME}\Local\submissions\config
+2. Initially, the 'directory_path' variable is set to the 'sqlalchemy.url' variable in alembic.ini
+3. If this folder cannot be found, C:\Users\{USERNAME}\Documents\submissions will be used.
+   1. If using Postgres, the 'database_path' and other variables will have to be updated manually.