diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3f7cd6..cb971a1 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ To install see [TinyXML2 Installation](https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2/t
 
 ## Compiling
 To compile the code run the following commands
-'''
+```
 git clone https://github.com/convince-project/model2code.git
 cd model2code/code
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake ..
 make install
-'''
+```
 
 ## Execution
 In order to run the `model2code` tool you need three different files:
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ By default the `path/to/output/directory` is set to the location of `input_filen
 To run an example of MODEL2CODE go to the main directory and run the following commands:
 ```
 model2code --input_filename "templates/skills/first_template_skill/src/FirstTemplateSkillSM.scxml" --model_filename "templates/specifications/full-model.xml" --interface_filename "templates/specifications/interfaces.xml"
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```