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 - Install Meteor
 - Install [Meteorite](https://github.com/oortcloud/meteorite/)
 - Run `mrt`
-- Optional: use the [Heroku buildpack for Meteorite](https://github.com/oortcloud/heroku-buildpack-meteorite) to push to Heroku (if you get an error when pushign to Heroku, running `mrt update` sometimes helps)
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+- Optional: use the [Heroku buildpack for Meteorite](https://github.com/oortcloud/heroku-buildpack-meteorite) to push to Heroku (if you get an error when pushign to Heroku, running `mrt update` sometimes helps)
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+# Setup
+- Using the command line (`mrt mongo` or 'mrt mongo xyz.meteor.com' if you're deploying on Meteor), set a user to be an admin: `db.users.update({'_id':'user_id_here'}, {$set:{'isAdmin':true}})`
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