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 # Deploy with docker compose
 
 Docker compose is a simple option to build and deploy container. To deploy with docker compose, you should build the project
-with ```mvn clean install``` and then bring up the container with ```docker-compose up -d --build```. The container can be 
+with ```mvn clean install``` and then bring up the containers with ```docker-compose up -d --build```. The server can be 
 reached at http://localhost:8080/hapi-fhir-jpaserver/. 
 
 In order to use another port, change the `ports` parameter