diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 94039570..d4332cc2 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ In order to access the postgress data mounted to the local drive at `/data/datab
 sudo chmod 777 -R ./data/
 ```
 
-This process is to be repeated whenever you restart the database docker container
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+This process is to be repeated whenever you restart the database docker container
+
+The same applies for the uploads and extension folder - ensure that the folder is writeable or file uploads will fail.