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@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ If you are on Windows and get 'You are not allowed to use Docker, you must be in
 Installing WSL2 on windows
 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
 
+If you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and finding a permission error when running `docker-compose up`, the issue might be caused by a version of Docker that relies on a buggy version of Go. In your terminal, run `docker version` to see which `Go version:` is listed. Any version less than `go1.20.0` has a problem and indicates that your Docker needs to be updated.
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