From fb1d9621e5254a34f8d933294ce12964e74d3966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ruinivist <ruinivist@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:50:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: update README

---
 README.md | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee0542f..a51e7c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,5 +22,14 @@ bun run typecheck
 
 ```bash
 docker build -t excali .
-docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 -v "$PWD/data:/data" excali
+docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 -v "$PWD/excali-box-data:/data" excali
+```
+
+This will make the data persistent in the `excali-box-data` folder in the current directory, the site will be available at `localhost:3000`.
+
+> Note that this command will bind to ALL interfaces. If you use a rev
+> proxy, you may want to bind to locahost instead, you can do that by setting the `HOST` environment variable to `localhost`:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 -v "$PWD/excali-box-data:/data" -e HOST=localhost excali
 ```