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 #### server environment variables
 
-- `SECRET`---the secret used for signature verification
-- `LISTEN_ADDRESS`---the address the server is listening on (default is `0.0.0.0:80`)
-- `INDEX_GET_REDIRECT`---the URL the user should be redirected to if they try to access `/` on the
+- `SECRET` - the secret used for signature verification
+- `LISTEN_ADDRESS` - the address the server is listening on (default is `0.0.0.0:80`)
+- `INDEX_GET_REDIRECT` - the URL the user should be redirected to if they try to access `/` on the
    server (default is `http://alv.cx`)
-- `MAX_AGE_MS`---how old a request can be (in milliseconds) before the server will refuse to process it. (default is 500 milliseconds)
+- `MAX_AGE_MS` - how old a request can be (in milliseconds) before the server will refuse to process it (default is 500 milliseconds)
 
 ### setting up susmng