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 This project is still young and isn't, at the moment, very stable, so please proceed with caution when running in production.
+
+Generate the admin code with 'sudo -u bookwyrm /var/www/bookwyrm/venv/bin/python3 /var/www/bookwyrm/manage.py admin_code', 
+and copy the admin code to use when you create your admin account. You can get your code 
+at any time by re-running that command. Here's an example output:
+*******************************************
+Use this code to create your admin account:
+c6c35779-af3a-4091-b330-c026610920d6
+*******************************************