diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4576e7b..da95439 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ A small experiment with Flask/Hy/Postgres.  Doesn't do much yet.
 
 Start with initializing the virtual environment and Postgres
 
-    \# From the project directory:
+    # From the project directory:
     $ virtualenv venv
     $ . ./venv/bin/activate
     $ pip install hy psycopg2 flask
     $ sudo -u postgres psql postgres
-    \> CREATE DATABASE officehours;
-    \> CREATE USER officehours;
-    \> ALTER USER officehours WITH UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD '<password>';
-    \> ALTER USER officehours LOGIN;
-    \> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE officehours TO officehours;
-    \> \\CONNECT officehours;
-    \> CREATE EXTENSION citext; 
-    \> CREATE EXTENSION btree_gist; 
-    \> CREATE EXTENSION plv8; 
-    \> ^d
+    > CREATE DATABASE officehours;
+    > CREATE USER officehours;
+    > ALTER USER officehours WITH UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD '<password>';
+    > ALTER USER officehours LOGIN;
+    > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE officehours TO officehours;
+    > \CONNECT officehours;
+    > CREATE EXTENSION citext; 
+    > CREATE EXTENSION btree_gist; 
+    > CREATE EXTENSION plv8; 
+    > ^d
     
 Current functionality is demonstrated with: