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@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ Deploying Alu is about as simple as it gets, from your terminal, type
 
 This command should clone Alu's frontend, as well as [alu-games](https://github.com/wearrrrr/alu-games). If you wish to skip cloning games, then leave out the last flag.
 
-Then simply run `npm i` to install all node_modules, and then build the frontend with `npm run build`, this shouldn't take more than a couple seconds.
+Install pnpm with `npm I -g pnpm`.
 
-Finally, run `npm start` to actually serve Alu! It defaults to port 3000 for everything, but this can be specified in an env file.
+Then simply run `pnpm i` to install all node_modules, and then build the frontend with `pnpm run build`, this shouldn't take more than a couple seconds.
+
+Finally, run `pnpm start` to actually serve Alu! It defaults to port 3000 for everything, but this can be specified in an env file.
 
 Congrats, you've now deployed your very own web proxy!