diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ The current repository builds the original `nsmd` and `jackpatch`.
 Dependencies are jack2 and liblo, the OSC library.
 The build system is meson.
 
-```meson build --prefix=/usr
+```
+meson build --prefix=/usr
 cd build
 ninja
 sudo ninja install