diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..c795b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build
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diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+SERVER_DIR=~/p/SelfSurvey-server
+FE_DIR=~/p/SelfSurvey-FE
+CONFIG_DIR=~/p/selfsurvey-config
+SERVER_PUBLIC_ADDR=survey.austinwhoover.com
+
+# make build folder structure
+rm -rf $CONFIG_DIR/build
+mkdir $CONFIG_DIR/build
+# setup BE repo stuff
+rm -rf $SERVER_DIR/src/main/resources/static
+mkdir $SERVER_DIR/src/main/resources/static
+# assemble FE
+cd $FE_DIR
+npx webpack --env apiurl=http://$SERVER_PUBLIC_ADDR
+cd $SERVER_DIR/src/main/resources/static
+rm -rf ./*
+cp -r $FE_DIR/dist/* $SERVER_DIR/src/main/resources/static/
+# assemble BE
+cd $SERVER_DIR
+mvn clean package
+# assemble package
+cp $SERVER_DIR/target/self-survey.war $CONFIG_DIR/build/ROOT.war
+cp $CONFIG_DIR/docker-compose.yml $CONFIG_DIR/build/docker-compose.yml
+
+echo "COMPLETED!"
+echo "docker-compose.yml should be straightforward"
+echo "ROOT.war goes in <docker folder>/webapps/"
+echo "must touch the file <docker folder>/db/selfsurvey.db if it doesn't already exist!"
+echo "config file goes in <docker folder/config/selfsurveybe.db"
+echo "  Format for the config file is"
+echo "  {"
+echo "    \"username\": \"<username here>\","
+echo "    \"password\": \"<password here>\""
+echo "  }"
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diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index c99547d..74096b4 100644
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
+
+
 # assemble FE
-cd ~/p/self-survey-fe
+cd ~/p/SelfSurvey-FE
 npm run build
-cd ~/p/SelfSurvey-server-master/src/main/resources/static
+cd ~/p/SelfSurvey-server/src/main/resources/static
 rm -rf ./*
-cp -r ~/p/self-survey-fe/dist/* ~/p/SelfSurvey-server-master/src/main/resources/static/
+cp -r ~/p/SelfSurvey-FE/dist/* ~/p/SelfSurvey-server/src/main/resources/static/
 # assemble BE
-cd ~/p/SelfSurvey-server-master/
+cd ~/p/SelfSurvey-server/
 mvn clean package
 cd ~/Documents/apache-tomcat-9.0.89/webapps/
 rm -rf ./ROOT.war ./ROOT
-cp ~/p/SelfSurvey-server-master/target/self-survey.war ~/Documents/apache-tomcat-9.0.89/webapps/ROOT.war
+cp ~/p/SelfSurvey-server/target/self-survey.war ~/Documents/apache-tomcat-9.0.89/webapps/ROOT.war
 cd ~/Documents/apache-tomcat-9.0.89/bin/
 ./catalina.sh run
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