diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64c5e88..0b7fa6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ Setup instructions
     * 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>
+```
 
 * 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**