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+BOT_TOKEN=(your bot API here)
+RESET_DB=(boolean: wipes data regarding the queue bot if needed - 'true' during testing to clear junk data, 'false' otherwise.)
+BASE_ADMIN_ACCOUNT=(place the person that is to be the first admin of the bot. If your handle is @abc, type abc without the @.)
+
+# Postgres access details
+## named to allow remote deployment override
+# see https://github.com/docker-library/docs/blob/master/postgres/README.md#environment-variables
+POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+POSTGRES_DB=postgres
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+PGHOST=localhost
+PGPORT=5432
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