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 Instructions to build the JAR file
 ============
-1. Extract the archive file to your local directory.
+1. Clone the repository or download and extract file to your local directory.
 2. Run `./gradlew clean bootJar` to build a modern cloud native fully self contained JAR file which will be created at `build/libs` directory.
 3. Start it using `java -jar build/libs/fineract-provider.jar` (does not require external Tomcat)
 
 
 Instructions to build a WAR file
 ============
-1. Extract the archive file to your local directory.
+1. Clone the repository or download and extract the archive file to your local directory.
 2. Run `./gradlew clean bootWar` to build a traditional WAR file which will be created at `build/libs` directory.  
 3. Deploy this WAR to your Tomcat v9 Servlet Container.