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@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ The `podman-run.sh` script does this automatically when run with the `db-setup`
 ```
 This creates a pod and the postgresql container then runs the below
 ```sh 
-``You don't need to do this bit
+"You don't need to do this bit"
 podman exec -i pleroma-db psql -U pleroma -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS citext;"
-``You don't need to do that bit
+"You don't need to do that bit"
 ```
 
 Configure Pleroma. Copy the following to `config/secret.exs`:
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ This builds the container image and does the following:
 Sets up the database:
 
 ```sh
-``You don't need to do this
+"You don't need to do this"
 podman exec pleroma-web mix ecto.migrate
 ```
 and also... migrates config to the DB
 ```sh
 podman exec pleroma-web /pleroma/bin/pleroma_ctl config migrate_to_db
-``You don't need to do that
+"You don't need to do that"
 ```
 
 Get your web push keys and copy them to `secret.exs`:
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ Again, the `podman-run.sh` script has runtime parameters to do this.
 ./podman-run.sh gen-keypair
 ```
 Which sets up the containers again and runs the following:
-```
->You don't need to do this<
+```sh
+"You don't need to do this"
 podman exec pleroma-web mix web_push.gen.keypair
->You don't need to do that<
+"You don't need to do that"
 ```
 Put the output in your secret.exs (may not be necessary due to DB migration of config, but I've left it here for clarity again)