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 - Run `heroku addons:add mongolab` to set up Mongo and configure your environment variables
 - Lastly, do `git push heroku master`.  Done!
 
+**:exclamation:Note:** To install Heroku add-ons your account must be verified.
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 - Finally, in `secrets.js` instead of `db: 'localhost'`, use the following URI with your credentials:
  - `db: 'mongodb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@ds027479.mongolab.com:27479/DATABASE_NAME'`
 
-> **:exclamation:Note:** As an alternative to MongoLab, there is also [MongoHQ](http://www.mongohq.com/home).
+**:exclamation:Note:** As an alternative to MongoLab, there is also [MongoHQ](http://www.mongohq.com/home).
 
 
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