diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
index 57c6ed7f..5c3780c7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {% set is_open_source = cookiecutter.open_source_license != 'Not open source' -%}
+
 # {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
 
 {% if is_open_source %}
-[![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/)
-[![python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/branch/main/graphs/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/github/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }})
+[![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](<https://pypi.org/project/{{> cookiecutter.project_slug }}/)
+[![python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](<https://pypi.org/project/{{> cookiecutter.project_slug }}/)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml/badge.svg)](<https://github.com/{{> cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/branch/main/graphs/badge.svg)](<https://codecov.io/github/{{> cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }})
 
 {% else %}
 {% endif %}
@@ -13,9 +14,10 @@
 {{ cookiecutter.project_short_description }}
 
 {% if is_open_source %}
+
 * Documentation: <https://{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}.github.io/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}>
-* GitHub: <https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}>
-* PyPI: <https://pypi.org/project/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/>
+* GitHub: <<https://github.com/{{> cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}>
+* PyPI: <<https://pypi.org/project/{{> cookiecutter.project_slug }}/>
 * Free software: {{ cookiecutter.open_source_license }}
 {% endif %}
 
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@
 
 ## Credits
 
-This package was created with [Cookiecutter](https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter) and the [waynerv/cookiecutter-pypackage](https://github.com/waynerv/cookiecutter-pypackage) project template.
+This package was created with [CookieCutter](https://github.com/euanmason/cookiecutter-pypackage) which is based on [audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage](https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter) and the [waynerv/cookiecutter-pypackage](https://github.com/waynerv/cookiecutter-pypackage) project template.