diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b48452..4ef345e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 
 This project contains my personal docker compose configurations. 
 
-#### Operating principle:
+## Operating principle:
 Changes in this repo get pushed to a bare repo on dmeiburg.de. 
 Whenever a push is received a post-receive hook runs.
 
-The post-receive hook then:
+The `post-receive hook` then:
 - deploys the code into a working directory
 - decrypts .env.gpg files
 - restarts stacks with changed compose files
 
 The env files are encrypted for key@dmeiburg.de and server@dmeiburg.de.
 
-#### Server setup
+## Server setup
 
 ```sh
 # create bare repo on dmeiburg.de
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ git init --bare
 ```
 
 ```sh
-# install the post receive hook
+# install the post receive hook, by using this command on the local machine
 # whenever the hook is edited, this command has to be used again
 scp post-receive dmeiburg:~/git/container/hooks/
 ```
 
-#### Local setup
+## Local setup
 ```sh
-# add bare repos as remote on local machine
+# add bare repo as remote on local machine
 git remote add dmeiburg ssh://root@dmeiburg.de:/root/git/container.git
 ```
 
-#### Encrypting .env files
+## Encrypting .env files
 
 To encrypt an .env files, the following command is used:
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ $ gpg -er key@dmeiburg.de -r server@dmeiburg.de .env
 ```
 
 
-#### Deployment 
+## Deployment 
 
 ```bash
 git push dmeiburg