diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d53188f7..4b27f021 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ After cloning the repo, run:
 $ npm install # or npm
 ```
 
+To run the dev server, you will also need to install the cli's dependencies:
+
+```bash
+$ cd cli
+$ npm install # or npm
+```
+
 ### Commonly used NPM scripts
 
 ``` bash