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@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ A bare bones example of an HTML5 web-based terminal emulator and SSH client. We
 
 <img width="600" height="340" alt="WebSSH2 v0.2.0 demo" src="https://github.com/billchurch/WebSSH2/raw/master/screenshots/demo-800.gif">
 
+# Requirements
+Node v6.x or above. If using <v6.x you should be able to run by replacing the "read-config" package to @1 like this (after a clone):
+
+`npm install --save read-config@1
+`
+
+Just keep in mind that there is no intention to ensure compatability with Node < v6.x
+
 # Instructions
 To install: