From 319117e69b2881ce7ce71056e719a5ac4b23d8b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Zhang <alexzhang1618@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:42:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] update readme

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 server/README.md | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
index 5813867..8c777d9 100644
--- a/server/README.md
+++ b/server/README.md
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
 1. Start up Docker Desktop
 2. Spin up Postgres:
 ```bash
-docker-compose up
-```
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+docker-compose --env-file .env up
+```
+
+## Directly querying Postgres on a local build using `psql`
+psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U acmucsd_dev -d hackathon_portal
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