diff --git a/apps/cli/INSTALL.md b/apps/cli/INSTALL.md
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@@ -27,4 +27,11 @@ Python code can be also run as a module, to do you need to use `python -m`. From
 
     python -m apps.cli.wt_cli -h
     
-Notice that if you run `wt_cli` as a module, you'll need to replace all the calls to `python wt_cli.py <argument>` to `python -m apps.cli.wt_cli <argument>` 
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+Notice that if you run `wt_cli` as a module, you'll need to replace all the calls to `python wt_cli.py <argument>` to `python -m apps.cli.wt_cli <argument>` 
+
+## Create a config file
+You need to create a config file with the basic configuration parameters for `wt_cli`. To do so run:
+
+	cp <absolute_path_to_apps>/apps/cli/sample_conf.py  <absolute_path_to_apps>/apps/cli/conf.py
+	
+You can change any of the config options in `conf.py` after that, like the path to your user data directory.
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