diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67da4bd..d6378eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,15 +28,12 @@ Here is an example of thos the graphs look like:
 	`sudo useradd -M -s /bin/fals prometheus`
 		
    * create required folders:
-
-	`sudo mkdir /etc/prometheus`
-
-	`sudo mkdir /var/lib/prometheus`
-
-	`sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus`
-
-	`sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /var/lib/prometheus`
-	
+```
+	sudo mkdir /etc/prometheus
+	sudo mkdir /var/lib/prometheus
+	sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus
+	sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /var/lib/prometheus
+```	
    * download and extract:
 	
 	`curl -LO https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.6.1/prometheus-2.6.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz`