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@@ -51,32 +51,32 @@ sudo apt install -y tor python3-socks imagemagick python3-setuptools python3-cry
 The following instructions install Epicyon to the **/opt** directory. It's not essential that it be installed there, and it could be in any other preferred directory.
 
 Clone the repo, or if you downloaded the tarball then extract it into the **/opt** directory.
-```bash
+``` bash
 cd /opt
 git clone https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon
 ```
 ## Set permissions
 Create a user for the server to run as:
-```bash
+``` bash
 sudo su
 adduser --system --home=/opt/epicyon --group epicyon
 chown -R epicyon:epicyon /opt/epicyon
 ```
 ## News mirrors
 The content for RSS feed links can be downloaded and mirrored, so that even if the original sources go offline the content remains readable. Link the RSS/newswire mirrors with.
-```bash
+``` bash
 mkdir /var/www/YOUR_DOMAIN
 mkdir -p /opt/epicyon/accounts/newsmirror
 ln -s /opt/epicyon/accounts/newsmirror /var/www/YOUR_DOMAIN/newsmirror
 ```
 ## Create daemon
 Typically the server will run from a *systemd* daemon. It can be set up as follows:
-```bash
+``` bash
 nano /etc/systemd/system/epicyon.service
 ```
 
 Paste the following:
-```bash
+``` bash
 [Unit]
 Description=epicyon
 After=syslog.target
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target
 ```
 
 Activate the daemon:
-```bash
+``` bash
 systemctl enable epicyon
 systemctl start epicyon
 ```
 ## Web server setup
 Create a web server configuration.
-```bash
+``` bash
 nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/YOUR_DOMAIN
 ```
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ server {
 ```
 
 Enable the site:
-```bash
+``` bash
 ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/YOUR_DOMAIN /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
 ```
 
@@ -228,14 +228,14 @@ ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/YOUR_DOMAIN /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
 Forward port 443 from your internet router to your server. If you have dynamic DNS make sure its configured.
 
 ## Obtain a TLS certificate
-```bash
+``` bash
 systemctl stop nginx
 certbot certonly -n --server https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory --standalone -d YOUR_DOMAIN --renew-by-default --agree-tos --email YOUR_EMAIL
 systemctl start nginx
 ```
 
 ## Restart the web server
-```bash
+``` bash
 systemctl restart nginx
 ```
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Please be aware that such installations will not federate with ordinary fedivers
 
 # Upgrading
 Unlike some other instance types, Epicyon is really easy to upgrade. It only requires a git pull to obtain the changes from the upstream repo, then set permissions and restart the daemon.
-```bash
+``` bash
 cd /opt/epicyon
 git pull
 chown -R epicyon:epicyon *
@@ -281,14 +281,14 @@ systemctl restart epicyon
 To avoid running out of disk space you will want to clear down old inbox posts. Posts from your instance outboxes will be unaffected.
 
 Create an archive script **/usr/bin/epicyon-archive**:
-```bash
+``` bash
 #!/bin/bash
 cd /opt/epicyon || exit 0
 /usr/bin/python3 epicyon.py --archive none --archiveweeks 4 --maxposts 32000
 ```
 
 You can adjust the maximum number of weeks and the maximum number of inbox posts as needed. Then add it as a cron entry.
-```bash
+``` bash
 echo "*/60 * * * * root /usr/bin/epicyon-archive" >> /etc/crontab
 ```
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ Within the *filtering and blocking* section you can also set a city which will b
 ### Verifying your website or blog
 It is possible to indicate that a website of blog belongs to you by linking it to your profile screen. Within the *head* html section of your website or blog index page include a line similar to:
 
-```bash
+``` html
 <link rel="me" href="https://YourEpicyonDomain/@YourNickname" />
 ```