diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1 +1,21 @@
-# private-data-lookup
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+# Private Data Lookup
+
+[![commit messages](https://github.com/csirianni/private-data-lookup/actions/workflows/commits.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/csirianni/movie-recommender/actions/workflows/commits.yml)
+
+## Overview
+
+## Instructions
+
+It's necessary to configure the `/frontend` and `/backend` folders initially. See the respective `README.md`s for more information.
+
+In order to run the frontend, `cd` into `/frontend` and run
+
+```console
+yarn dev 
+```
+
+In order to run the backend, `cd` into the `/backend` and run
+
+```console
+./build/backend 
+```
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
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--- a/backend/README.md
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ brew install conan cmake
 conan install . --output-folder=build --build=missing
 ```
 
-Set up the `/build/` folder:
+Set up the `/build` folder:
 
 ```bash
 mkdir build && cd build