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@@ -33,10 +33,16 @@ Edit the "production" section of config/app.json:
  - Change `macaroon_location` to the location of your LND admin macaroon
  - Change `tls_location` to the location of your LND cert
 
+To connect to your app
+ - `export NODE_IP=x.x.x.x` (you can use a domain name instead if you have that set up)
+ - For extra security, `export USE_PASSWORD=true`
+
 ### run
 
 `npm run prod`
 
+When Relay starts up, it will print a QR in the terminal. You can scan this in your app (right now Android only) to connect!
+
 # Roadmap
 
 - linking recurring payments to files, to enable use cases such as subscribing to podcasts with BTC!
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