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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Supporting code for Bayesian Transporter research - still under development.
 ### Getting started:
 - create an environment with required packages/dependencies using `conda env create -f environment.yml` 
 - run through the `example_notebook.ipynb` notebook for example usage and analysis
--- ensure that the filepaths are correctly set for your system in the configuration file `...config.yaml` configuration file.
+    - ensure that the filepaths are correctly set for your system in the configuration file `...config.yaml` configuration file.
 - an `\example` directory is included in the repo which contains data from a short `pocomc` sampling run, along with an example configuration file, SBML and tellurium transporter model, and synthetic observed dataset.