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 - Now start Traefik by running the command `sudo docker compose up -d` in the directory `~/advlabdb/traefik`.
 - Create directories for the data and logs volumes: `mkdir ~/advlabdb/{data,logs}`
 - Change the time zone `TZ` in `~/advlabdb/repo/compose.yaml` if it is not `Europe/Berlin`.
-- Initilialize the database by running `sudo docker compose run advlabdb manage.py setup init-db` in the directory `~/advlabdb/repo` and following the guide.
+- Initialize the database by running `sudo docker compose run advlabdb manage.py setup init-db` in the directory `~/advlabdb/repo` and following the guide.
 - Start AdvLabDB by running the command `sudo docker compose up -d` in the directory `~/advlabdb/repo`.
 - Visit the domain that you specified in the Traefik configuration as `SERVER_NAME` to test if AdvLabDB is running. If this is not the case, open an issue, maybe I could help :)