diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
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index 0000000..b009dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lts/*
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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index 0000000..8b1a9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+           DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+                   Version 2, December 2004
+
+Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
+copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
+as the name is changed.
+
+           DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+  TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
+
+ 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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index 0000000..4abc01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# webring server
+
+## run it
+
+    npm i
+	cp webring.txt.sample webring.txt && $EDITOR webring.txt
+	npm run start
+
+## link to webring sites
+
+participating sites should link to the endpoints `/prev?from=<site>` and
+`/next?from=<site>` from their site, where `<site>` is the URL for their site
+from `webring.txt`. for example, a site in the webring as
+`https://example.net/~someone` should link to
+`/prev?from=https://example.net/~someone` and
+`/next?from=https://example.net/~someone` on whatever host this server is
+accessible from.
+
+## license
+
+[WTFPL](/LICENSE)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4fbf69..87db6fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "start": "node index.mjs"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",