diff --git a/docs/source/start.rst b/docs/source/start.rst
index 578ca74..6dc771f 100644
--- a/docs/source/start.rst
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@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@ Note: Ensure you have local modules enabled such that you have python 3.x instal
 
 Step 1 is to create a virtual environment and install the necessary packages with pip.
 
-.. code-block::
-    python -m venv name_of_venv
-    source name_of_venv/bin/activate
-    pip install -r requirements.txt
+::
+    python -m venv name_of_venv;
+    source name_of_venv/bin/activate;
+    pip install -r requirements.txt;
+::
 
 Step 2: create a config file to set necessary environment variables. (Suggested to place these in a local `templates/` folder as this will be ignored by git). Eg:
 
-.. code-block::
-    export WORKDIR=/gws/nopw/j04/cmip6_prep_vol1/kerchunk-pipeline
-    export GROUPDIR=/gws/nopw/j04/cmip6_prep_vol1/kerchunk-pipeline/groups/CMIP6_rel1_6233
-    export SRCDIR=/home/users/dwest77/Documents/kerchunk_dev/kerchunk-builder
-    export KVENV=/home/users/dwest77/Documents/kerchunk_dev/kerchunk-builder/build_venv
+::
+    export WORKDIR=/gws/nopw/j04/cmip6_prep_vol1/kerchunk-pipeline;
+    export GROUPDIR=/gws/nopw/j04/cmip6_prep_vol1/kerchunk-pipeline/groups/CMIP6_rel1_6233;
+    export SRCDIR=/home/users/dwest77/Documents/kerchunk_dev/kerchunk-builder;
+    export KVENV=/home/users/dwest77/Documents/kerchunk_dev/kerchunk-builder/build_venv;
+::
 
 Now you should be set up to run the pipeline properly. For any of the pipeline scripts, running ```python <script>.py -h # or --help``` will bring up a list of options to use for that script as well as the required parameters.
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