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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ gem-pd is a Pronoun Dressing Room program for gemini in bash
 made after seeing [https://asteine8.github.io/projects/pronoun-dressing-room/dressing-room/index.html](https://asteine8.github.io/projects/pronoun-dressing-room/dressing-room/index.html) in the web
 
 ## Setup
+make sure your gemini server supports CGI scripts written in bash,
+
 copy it into your gemini directory and make it executable of course
 
 ## TODO