diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..16df2ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+data/
+data/*
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/serv.sh b/serv.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/serv.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+PORT=7777
+
+socat tcp-l:$PORT,reuseaddr,fork system:'./bbsui.sh'
+
+