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 ### self hosting:
 this guide assumes you have git and python3 installed
 
-```git clone https://codeberg.org/burger-software/burgercat
+```
+git clone https://codeberg.org/burger-software/burgercat
 cd burgercat
 python init_db
-python main```
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+python main
+```
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