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@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ You must have `ffmpeg` installed for streaming video and generating video thumbn
 - `BIND_URL` is the url and port to bind to (typically your own IP address)
 - `SECRET_KEY` is the *hopefully* random string to sign Tokens with
 - `RUST_LOG` is one of `off, error, warn, info, debug, trace`, from least to most noisy [error is default]
-- `EXCLUDE_DIRS` is a comma separated list of directories to exclude from the Memories API
+- `EXCLUDED_DIRS` is a comma separated list of directories to exclude from the Memories API