From 38b164313a4160fbb412b252595cbee907ecac2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rena Shen <renashen314@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:17:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add debugging tips to readme

---
 README.md | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a34ce4..432ca91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,4 +16,18 @@ docker compose --build up
 To clear the database
 ```bash
 rm -rf ./volumes
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+## Debugging Tips
+If the app is not loading porperly on your machine, try clear the cache and restart.
+
+To rebuild the backend:
+```bash
+make
+```
+To rebuild the frontend, if NextJS is giving errors:
+```bash
+cd frontend/
+rm -rf .next
+make
+```