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 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/funkelab/motile_toolbox/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/funkelab/motile_toolbox)
 
 # Install Motile Toolbox
-Motile Toolbox depends on (motile)[https://github.com/funkelab/motile], which in turn depends on gurobi and ilpy. These dependencies must be installed with conda before installing motile toolbox with pip.
-"""
+Motile Toolbox depends on [motile](https://github.com/funkelab/motile), which in turn depends on gurobi and ilpy. These dependencies must be installed with conda before installing motile toolbox with pip.
+```
 conda install -c conda-forge -c funkelab -c gurobi ilpy
 pip install motile_toolbox
-"""
+```