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 Or run `make`.
+## major changes
+* currently this software is broken.
 
 ## readme driven development
 * add regular login instead of a secret key
-* have a settings file for the application
+* have a settings file for the application ✅
 * downloadable pdfs
 * upon boot check for images of the book otherwise extract front page of pdfs
 * remove varia library specific code
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