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 ## Register your admin user
 
-> This step is optional. If you don't register any users, your Fathom dashboard will be public and you won't be able to add sites via the web interface.
+> This step is required.
 
 To register a user in the Fathom instance we just created, run the following command from the directory where your `.env` file is.