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+v12.7.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 You'll need to clone the repo on your local machine and install the dependencies using `yarn`. Once the dependencies have been install start the local server.
 
+If you're using nvm, you can ran `nvm use` to automatically use the version of Node specified in the `.nvmrc` file.
+
 `git clone https://github.com/andrico1234/beautiful-skill-tree.git`
 
 `cd ./beautiful-skill-tree`