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+# skrytka.app
+To start this application you need to:
+1. Configure database
+    - Install PostgreSQL DBMS
+    - Setup some database and user with permissions to it
+    - Create .env file in the main directory and fill it in with fields DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_HOST, DB_PORT and DB_NAME. In case of confusion you may check exemplary .env file saved as .env.example in the root directory of this repository.
+2. Run both SQL scripts, which are located in the main directory. For app to be usable it is also recommended to insert some data to the database.
+3. Run `npm start` in the main directory
+4. Run `npm start` in the client/ directory
+5. App will run on localhost:3000