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@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ This project provides a way to run Docker containers as functions on Swarm Mode.
 * Each container has a watchdog process that hosts a web server allowing a JSON post request to be forwarded to a desired process via STDIN. The respose is sent to the caller via STDOUT.
 * A gateway provides a view to the containers/functions to the public Internet and collects metrics for Prometheus and in a future version will manage replicas and scale as throughput increases.
 
-Minimum requirements: Docker 1.13
+Minimum requirements: 
+
+* Docker 1.13
+* Run `docker swarm init` to enable Docker Swarm Mode on your host. Multiple hosts are not required. 
 
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