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 Try it out:
 ```bash
-docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:8443:8443 -v "${PWD}:/home/coder/project" codercom/code-server:1.621 --allow-http --no-auth
+docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:8443:8443 -v ~/coder:/home/coder/project codercom/code-server:1.621 --allow-http --no-auth
 ```
 
 - Code on your Chromebook, tablet, and laptop with a consistent dev environment.