diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64303567a..2febe954e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ Currently only the dev version of the project is being developed, the branch to
 
 Ensure docker is installed and its service is up and running
 
-One can quickly test docker by running: docker run hello-world
+One can quickly test docker by running: 
+```
+    docker run hello-world
+```
 
 This repo contains a git submodule sintonia_webapp, it refers to this [repo](https://git.congegni.net/Congegni/sintonia_webapp).
 
 To pull the repo, open a terminal in the root of this project and run this command:
-`
+```
     git submodule update --init --recursive --remote && cd sintonia_webapp && git checkout dev && cd ..
-`
+```
 
 The folder sintonia_webapp now it's synced with the dev branch (the currently active branch).
 
@@ -42,9 +45,9 @@ Add a string to the api_key and secret_key field, for dev it can be any random s
 Copy or rename the file .env.dev to .env
 
 Run the following command:
-`
+```
     docker compose -f  docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.override.yml build && docker compose up -d
-`
+```
 
 This commands builds the docker containers in dev mode, then il will attempt to start them up.