diff --git a/simplexalerts/index.md b/simplexalerts/index.md
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@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ This command will:
 - create two databases that your client uses for reconnecting to groups and interacting with the simpleX Network
 - set this client display name (what you will see in your groups when receiving alerts)
 
+
+**It is imperative that the chatDB_* files be in the same folder as the config.yml you will later create and this folder be mounted as /alerterconfig in the simplex-alerter container. Furthermore those files MUST be generated that way so they are actually called chatDB**
+
 Ctrl-C once it is finished.