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 - [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/): we recommend using [rbenv](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv) to install the Ruby version listed on the badge.
 - [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/): please refer to their [installation guide](https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install).
 - [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) 9.4 or higher.
+- [ImageMagick](https://imagemagick.org/): please refer to ImageMagick's [installation instructions](https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php). Alternatively, macOS users can install ImageMagick with `brew install imagemagick`.
 
 ### Standard Installation
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ This section provides a high-level requirement & quick start guide. **For detail
 1. Clone your forked repository, ie. `git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/dev.to.git`
 1. Set up your environment variables/secrets
 
-   - Take a look at `Envfile`. This file lists all the `ENV` variables we use and provides a fake default for any missing keys. You'll need to get your own free [Algolia credentials](https://docs.dev.to/backend/algolia/) to get your development environment running.
+   - Take a look at `Envfile`. This file lists all the `ENV` variables we use and provides a fake default for any missing keys. You'll need to get your own free [Algolia credentials](https://docs.dev.to/backend/algolia/) to get your development environment running. You can add these to your `config/application.yml` file using the process described below.
    - This [guide](https://docs.dev.to/backend/) will show you how to get free API keys for additional services that may be required to run certain parts of the app.
    - For any key that you wish to enter/replace:
      1. Create `config/application.yml` by copying from the provided template (ie. with bash: `cp config/sample_application.yml config/application.yml`). This is a personal file that is ignored in git.