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 # Run
 docker-compose up -d
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+#### (Optional) Persist the DB 💽
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+Instabot saved the followers etc. in a sqlite db called `follows_db.db`. If you wish to persist the changes between updates you need to uncomment the line inside `docker-compose.yml` and run `touch data.db` before running `docker-compose up -d`
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+### Credits 
+
+The actual code for the bot is from https://github.com/instabot-py/instabot.py