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@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ The following quick start briefly summarizes the necessary steps to use our pipe
 
 3. To run the example analysis, simply perform the following steps:
 
-    * Change into the *example/input* directory within the Git repository
+  * Change into the *example/input* directory within the Git repository
   
-        ``cd diffTF/example/input``
+    ``cd diffTF/example/input``
       
-    * Download the data via the download script
+  * Download the data via the download script
   
-        ``sh downloadAllData.sh``
+    ``sh downloadAllData.sh``
     
-    * To test if the setup is correct, start a dryrun via the first helper script
+  * To test if the setup is correct, start a dryrun via the first helper script
   
-        ``sh startAnalysisDryRun.sh``
+    ``sh startAnalysisDryRun.sh``
     
-    * Once the dryrun is successful, start the analysis via the second helper script
+  * Once the dryrun is successful, start the analysis via the second helper script
   
-        ``sh startAnalysis.sh``
+    ``sh startAnalysis.sh``
     
 4. Modify the example analysis to run your own analysis. See Section 3 and 4 in the [Documentation](https://git.embl.de/grp-zaugg/diffTF/blob/master/doc/Documentation.pdf) for further details if you run into troubles or questions.