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+# Shortenit
+
+Shortenit is a tool to shorten urls.
+
+**NOTE**: This is a very early draft project. Contributions are welcome.
+
+## Running
+
+To run `shortenit`, first we need to have a running database. Shortenit uses [CouchDB](https://couchdb.apache.org/) as a database. CouchDB can run as a docker container.
+
+```text
+$ docker run -p 5984:5984 -d couchdb 
+```
+
+At this point, visit the local instance link [http://localhost:5984](http://localhost:5984/) and create the user credentials configured in [config/config.py](config/config.py).
+
+Once the database is up and running and the credentials have been created, shortenit can be ran.
+
+```text
+$ pip install -e .
+$ shortenit
+```
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-Shortenit
-=========
-
-Shortenit is a tool to shorten urls.
-
-**NOTE**: This is a very early draft project. Contributions are welcome.
-
-Running
--------
-
-To run ``shortenit``, first we need to have a running database. Shortenit uses `CouchDB <https://couchdb.apache.org/>`_ as a database.
-CouchDB can run as a docker container.
-
-.. code:: text
-
-          $ docker run -p 5984:5984 -d couchdb 
-
-
-At this point, visit the local instance `link <http://localhost:5984/>`_ and create the user credentials configured in ``config/config.py``.
-
-Once the database is up and running and the credentials have been created, shortenit can be ran.
-
-.. code:: text
-
-          $ pip install -e .
-          $ shortenit