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 ## Mocked api
-If you don't want to wait for the api to respond, you can use the mocked api instead. To use the mocked api create a `.env` at root of the project
-with key `VITE_API_BASE=http://localhost:5174` in it. You customize the mocked api response by including d followed by a number, it will delay the response X seconds. 
-You can customize the length of the response by including l followed by a number, it will return a response with X sentences. For example `d2 l10` = 2 seconds delay and 10 sentences response.
+If you don't want to wait for the API to respond, you can use the mocked API instead. To use the mocked API, edit the `.env` file at root of the project ans set the key `VITE_API_BASE=http://localhost:5174` in it. Then, run the `docker compose up -d` command above.
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+You can customize the mocked API response by sending a message that consists of `d` followed by a number, it will delay the response the the specified number of seconds. You can customize the length of the response by including `l` followed by a number, it will return a response with the specified number of sentences.
+For example, sending the message `d2 l10` will result in a 2 seconds delay and 10 sentences response.
 
 ## Desktop app