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 ## Technologies used
 - Spring Boot + Thymeleaf
 - PDFBox
+- e-iceblue spire.pdf.free (for PDF compression untill i find a nicer way)
 - HTML, CSS, JavaScript
 - Docker
 
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 Prerequisites
 - Java 17 or later
-- Gradle 6.0 or later
+- Gradle 7.0 or later
 
 1. Clone or download the repository.
 2. Build the project using Gradle by running `./gradlew build`
-3. Start the application by running `./gradlew bootRun`
+3. Start the application by running `./gradlew bootRun` or by calling the build jar in build/libs with java -jar jarName.jar
 
 
 ### Docker