Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)		1 Months Ended
Jan. 26, 2017 director $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2019 Unit1 $ / shares shares
Related Party Transactions
Number of directors to whom the Company agreed to issue warrants \| Unit1		2
Guarantor and Co-Guarantor Warrants
Related Party Transactions
Number of securities called by warrants (shares) \| shares		107,500
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 9.2911
Directors
Related Party Transactions
Number of directors to whom the Company agreed to issue warrants \| director	2
Directors \| Guarantor and Co-Guarantor Warrants
Related Party Transactions
Number of securities called by warrants (shares) \| shares	107,500
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 9.2911

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109259400&loc=d3e21475-112644

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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