diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ podman build -t e2ee-messaging-service .
 ```
 podman pod create --name=e2ee -p 3333:3333
 podman run -d --pod=e2ee \
--e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="password" \
--e POSTGRES_DB="e2ee" \
--e POSTGRES_USER="e2ee" \
--e POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS="--encoding=UTF-8 --lc-collate=C --lc-ctype=C" \
--v /PATH/TO/DB:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z \
---name=e2ee-db docker.io/library/postgres:16
+    -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="password" \
+    -e POSTGRES_DB="e2ee" \
+    -e POSTGRES_USER="e2ee" \
+    -e POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS="--encoding=UTF-8 --lc-collate=C --lc-ctype=C" \
+    -v /PATH/TO/DB:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z \
+    --name=e2ee-db docker.io/library/postgres:16
 podman run -d --pod=e2ee \
--e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="password" \
--e POSTGRES_DB="e2ee" \
--e POSTGRES_USER="e2ee" \
--e SHARED_SECRET="change-me" \
---name=e2ee-app e2ee-messaging-service:latest
+    -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="password" \
+    -e POSTGRES_DB="e2ee" \
+    -e POSTGRES_USER="e2ee" \
+    -e SHARED_SECRET="change-me" \
+    --name=e2ee-app e2ee-messaging-service:latest
 ```
 notes: 
 1) You can use docker instead of podman provided the e2ee nodejs app can communicate with the database with a network or changing the POSTGRES_HOST env variable accordingly.