diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ This is part of the exit-strategy, for details, see asciidoc file
 file was tested with postgres-database sucessfully
 
 using:
-[source,bash]
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-$> psql -U romeyke -d exit_strategy \
-   -f rosetta_exit_strategy/tmp.sql -L rosetta_exit.log
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+
+    $> psql -U romeyke -d exit_strategy \
+       -f rosetta_exit_strategy/tmp.sql -L rosetta_exit.log