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 # now listening
-A replacement for the old /now page on lastfm profiles
+A replacement for the old /now page on lastfm profiles!
 
 ## Usage
-https://now.flash.moe/#/{last.fm username}
+https://now.flash.moe/#/{username}
+
+## Configuration
+Create an application [here](https://www.last.fm/api/account/create), take the api and place it in a file called `.apikey` in the root (*not the public dir*).
+
+## Building
+To compile the LESS and TypeScript assets you need to have the individual compilers installed,
+both are available through yarn and can be installed with the following command:
+`yarn global add less typescript`.
+
+After that just run `build.sh`.
+
+The server side uses a PHP script with dependencies to fetch the data without exposing the API key.
+To install these dependencies you're going to need [composer](https://getcomposer.org/).
+After installing composer you can simply run `composer install` in the root directory.
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-api_key = your api key here