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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The following generates a sample page `result.html`.
 
 Using `make` is uptional; it does the following within a new directory:
 
+    cp example/settings.toml ./settings.toml
     cp example/timeline.css ./timeline.css
     cp example/default.tpl ./template.tpl
     cp example/demo.txt ./content.txt