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 ## Installing HAPI FHIR
 
-1. Load the Docker file with `docker load --input {path/to/MedRecData.tar}` at the terminal
+1. Load the Docker file with `docker load --input {path/to/MedRecData.tar}` at the terminal. Make sure to replace all of `{path/to/MedRecData.tar}` with just the string corresponding to the path to your file. If your path has spaces in it, you willl need to enclose this string inside double quotes.
     - You should now have the SHA-256 hash of the file which is your `image id`. This is the string after `sha256:` below
     - ![image id](1.png)
-2. Run the docker container with `docker run -p 8080:8080 {image id}` at the terminal
+2. Run the docker container with `docker run -p 8080:8080 {image id}` at the terminal. Make sure to replace all of `{image id}` with just the string of the SHA-256 hash.
     - Wait about ~30 seconds and your terminal should look similar to below
     - ![terminal after HAPI FHIR runs](2.png)
 3. Now leave the terminal running and open a browser window and use either of the following to access `HAPI FHIR`