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 4. Put the frontend files inside the `public` directory.
 5. If you decided to use [Soapbox](https://dl.soapbox.pub/), remove the `meta http-equiv="content-security-policy"` from the `index.html` file.
 6. Create an `.env` file.
-7. Define `DITTO_NSEC=<value>` in your .env file. You can generate an nsec by installing [nak](https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak) and running `nak key generate | nak encode nse`.
+7. Define `DITTO_NSEC=<value>` in your .env file. You can generate an nsec by installing [nak](https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak) and running `nak key generate | nak encode nsec`.
 8. Run `deno task dev`
 
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