diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32cb3a5..64c5e88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ Setup instructions
     * copy virl-scheduler to your webroot: "sudo cp -a virl-scheduler /var/www/html/"
     * add "ProxyPass /virl-scheduler !" to the ProxyPass directives in **/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf**
     * allow .htaccess in virl-scheduler api directory, e.g., by appending the following lines to **/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf**
-```
-<Directory /var/www/html/virl-scheduler/api>
-   AllowOverride All
-</Directory>
-```
+
+    <Directory /var/www/html/virl-scheduler/api>
+       AllowOverride All
+    </Directory>
 
 * give the Apache2 process write permissions to the sqlite3 db by running "sudo chown www-data:www-data api/db.sqlite3" and "sudo chown www-data:www-data api" in the virl-scheduler directory
 * run **service apache2 restart**