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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Liquidity Event, Payment Amount

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Liquidity Event, Percent Of Original Principal Threshold

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Borrowing Threshold

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Unrestricted Cash And Cash Equivalents Minimum

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Unrestricted Cash And Cash Equivalents Threshold For Revenue Restrictions

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Debt Instrument, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Repayments Of Debt, Revenue Target, Percentage

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of cash outflow for cost from early extinguishment and prepayment of debt. Includes, but is not limited to, third-party cost, premium paid, and other fee paid to lender directly for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment. Excludes accrued interest.

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Long-term Debt - Stifel Bank Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2020	Oct. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt			$ 15,000,000
Prepayment premium fee				$ 2,496,000	$ 0	$ 0
Loss on debt extinguishment				(1,119,000)	$ 0	$ 0
Loan Agreement
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Facility amount		$ 50,000,000
Debt amount		50,000,000
Minimum unrestricted cash and cash equivalents		20,000,000
Maximum unrestricted cash and cash equivalents		60,000,000
Debt default rate	5.00%
Loan Agreement \| Term Loan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		50,000,000
Proceeds from debt				$ 49,000,000
Debt pay off		46,674,000
Prepayment premium fee		305,000
Debt interest		365,000
Facility fee		2,191,000
Loss on debt extinguishment		$ (1,119,000)
Percentage of revenue for debt repayment		80.00%
Stated interest rate				4.75%
Loan Agreement \| Term Loan \| Prime Rate \| Rate Scenario One
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Variable interest rate		0.75%
Loan Agreement \| Term Loan \| Prime Rate \| Rate Scenario Two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Variable interest rate		4.75%
Loan Agreement \| Secured Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Facility amount		$ 50,000,000
Loan Agreement \| Secured Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Prime Rate \| Rate Scenario One
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Variable interest rate		0.50%
Loan Agreement \| Secured Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Prime Rate \| Rate Scenario Two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Variable interest rate		4.75%
Loan Agreement \| Letter of Credit \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Facility amount		$ 2,000,000
Success Fee Agreement \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percent of original principal threshold		0.75%
Redemption amount		$ 375,000