From 4f3f4b04876a786e73e194a73cb53a8e1c9f8abc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20Gra=CC=88fenstein?= <mail@thomas-graefenstein.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:33:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add swap check command before setup instructions

---
 README.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 974e6fc..aa56e10 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ cat /etc/os-release
 
 ### Swap (recommended)
 
-If your VPS has no swap, add a 2 GB swapfile to prevent OOM kills:
+Check current memory and swap:
+
+```bash
+free -h
+```
+
+If swap shows `0B`, add a 2 GB swapfile to prevent OOM kills:
 
 ```bash
 sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile