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@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ COPY ./application /application
 WORKDIR /application
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-**Note**: the `WORKDIR` is important, otherwhise uWSGI will try to run the app in `/app`.
+**Note**: the `WORKDIR` is important, otherwise uWSGI will try to run the app in `/app`.
 
 **Note**: you would also have to configure the `static` files path, read below.