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@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ Any distro should work but, if you want to use our sysadm scripts to install doc
 
 ### Clone and submodules
 
+```
 git clone https://gitlab.com/digitaldemocratic/digitaldemocratic/
 cd digitaldemocratic
 git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
 
 ### docker