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@@ -177,14 +177,24 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 You can now run LoRA Manager independently from ComfyUI:
 
-1. **First-time setup**: Launch ComfyUI with LoRA Manager at least once to initialize the necessary path information in the `settings.json` file.
-2. **Launch standalone mode**: From your ComfyUI root directory, run:
-   ```bash
-   python custom_nodes\comfyui-lora-manager\standalone.py
-   ```
+1. **For ComfyUI users**:
+   - Launch ComfyUI with LoRA Manager at least once to initialize the necessary path information in the `settings.json` file.
+   - From your ComfyUI root directory, run:
+     ```bash
+     python custom_nodes\comfyui-lora-manager\standalone.py
+     ```
+
+2. **For non-ComfyUI users**:
+   - Copy the provided `settings.json.example` file to create a new file named `settings.json`
+   - Edit `settings.json` to include your correct model folder paths and CivitAI API key
+   - Run standalone mode:
+     ```bash
+     python standalone.py
+     ```
+
 3. Access the interface through your browser as usual.
 
-This standalone mode provides a lighter-weight option for managing your model and recipe collection without needing to run the full ComfyUI environment.
+This standalone mode provides a lightweight option for managing your model and recipe collection without needing to run the full ComfyUI environment, making it useful even for users who primarily use other stable diffusion interfaces.
 
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diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "civitai_api_key": "your_civitai_api_key_here",
+  "show_only_sfw": false,
+  "folder_paths": {
+    "loras": [
+      "C:/path/to/your/loras_folder",
+      "C:/path/to/another/loras_folder"
+    ],
+    "checkpoints": [
+      "C:/path/to/your/checkpoints_folder",
+      "C:/path/to/another/checkpoints_folder"
+    ],
+    "diffusers": [
+      "C:/path/to/your/diffusers_folder"
+    ],
+    "unet": [
+      "C:/path/to/your/unet_folder",
+      "C:/path/to/your/diffusion_models_folder"
+    ]
+  }
+}