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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ It is composed of the following steps:
 3. Export the docker container for singularity. (Does this work on WSL?)
 4. Recreate the environment on the supercomputers
 
-#Install docker
+# Install docker
 This step depends on the OS you use. Please follow the instructions on the [docker web page](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/). After that you should be able to 
 start a simple docker container: 
 ```bash
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the script `run_command_in_container.sh`. If you execute
 ```
 you will see which python version has been installed into the container.
 
-#Export the docker container for singularity 
+# Export the docker container for singularity 
 In this step, you will export the docker image you have created as a singularity container. It requires the following steps:
 1. Save the docker image in a tarball
 ```bash
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ singularity build singularity_docker_jupyter.sif docker-archive://singularity_do
 If you local machine is a Linux machine, you also have the option to create the singularity image `singularity_docker_jupyter.sif` on your local machine.
 
 
-#Use the container with singularity on the supercomputer
+# Use the container with singularity on the supercomputer