From 870a61abe92b81d9c69b82e7b09a856725a42fbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fitti <dev@fitti.io>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 06:30:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add missing instruction to dev installation guide

The missing data folder will throw an exception:
`sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError: (sqlite3.OperationalError) unable to open database file`
---
 docs/devs/installation.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/devs/installation.md b/docs/devs/installation.md
index 55636181..013f7be9 100644
--- a/docs/devs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/devs/installation.md
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Take a look at [Polar][polar] for an excellent way of spinning up a Lightning Ne
 ## Running the server
 
 LNbits uses [Quart][quart] as an application server.
+Before running the server for the first time, make sure to create the data folder:
+
+```sh
+$ mkdir data
+```
+
+To then run the server, use:
 
 ```sh
 $ pipenv run python -m lnbits