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@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ If you are deploying to production, you can provide a directory path in the firs
 
 Only `.svg` files will be read from that directory. The server's default port is `7878`, although this can be configured with the `PORT` environment variable.
 
+It is recommended to place a reverse proxy in front of luciders to provide caching support, response compression and other optimisations that are out of scope for this project.
+
 # Docker
 You can build and run this project with Docker. The Dockerfile is configured to use the submodule for the icons. To build the image: