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-## Best Listens 
+# Best Listens 
 
 Best Listens is a social music rating app where you and your friends can rate songs and see what your community rates popular songs.
 
+This project is a proof-of-concept to explore the benefits of a microservice architecture. More details can be found in 'report.pdf'.
+
 ## Pre-requisites
 
 Ensure you have [Docker Desktop downloaded](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/#:~:text=Scenario%20one%3A%20Install%20Docker%20Desktop,Linux) and open to connect containers and images