# Upgrading to 0.5.0

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This section is intended to provide support for those who are upgrading older Feedbacky instances and can be skipped for new installations (1.0.0-RC.0 and up).
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{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Upgrading**</mark>

If you are upgrading your instance from 0.1.0 to 0.5.0, **you must** also apply any changes from version [0.2.0](https://docs.feedbacky.net/reference/upgrading-to-0.2.0).
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## Notes

### Added

<mark style="color:green;">**+**</mark> A new variable was added and must be present in your `.env` file in order for Feedbacky to work;

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{% tab title="SETTINGS\_ALLOW\_COMMENTING\_CLOSED\_IDEAS" %}
**Type**: `boolean`

If enabled, your board users will be able to comment on ideas that are closed.

```
SETTINGS_ALLOW_COMMENTING_CLOSED_IDEAS=false
```

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### **Changed**

<mark style="color:orange;">**!**</mark> An existing variable in your `.env` file can be edited;

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{% tab title="REACT\_APP\_DEFAULT\_USER\_AVATAR" %}
**Type**: `string`

Sets the avatar of your board users, add the value below if you want to use generated letter avatars based on usernames.

```
REACT_APP_DEFAULT_USER_AVATAR=https://static.plajer.xyz/avatar/generator.php?name=%nick%
```

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