From b0b16eecd8d9344a75960b35cd477390facf316d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eve <139727413+netrunnereve@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 15:40:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add more details for how to build from source

---
 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16be29e..bf67e38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ git clone https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib && cd redlib
 cargo run
 ```
 
+Note that the above command will compile a debug build with logging and run the binary automatically. Use the following command to compile a release build with no logging.
+
+```
+cargo build --release
+```
+
+The compiled release binary can be found in `target/release/redlib`.
+
 ## Replit/Heroku
 
 > [!WARNING]