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@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ The Lounge is the official and community-managed fork of [Shout](https://github.
 ## Installation and usage
 
 The Lounge requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) v6 or more recent.
-[Yarn package manager](https://yarnpkg.com/) is also recommended *(npm will also work)*.
+[Yarn package manager](https://yarnpkg.com/) is also recommended.  
+If you want to install with npm, `--unsafe-perm` is required for a correct install.
 
 ### Running stable releases using Yarn (recommended)