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-#ripple-lib
+# ripple-lib
 
 A JavaScript API for interacting with Ripple in Node.js
 
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ A JavaScript API for interacting with Ripple in Node.js
 
 [![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/ripple-lib.png)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/ripple-lib)
 
-###Features
+### Features
 
 + Connect to a rippled server in Node.js
 + Issue [rippled API](https://ripple.com/build/rippled-apis/) requests
 + Listen to events on the Ripple network (transaction, ledger, etc.)
 + Sign and submit transactions to the Ripple network
 
-##Getting Started
+## Getting Started
 
 Install `ripple-lib` using npm:
 ```
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ Install `ripple-lib` using npm:
 
 Then see the [documentation](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-lib/blob/develop/docs/index.md) and [code samples](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-lib/tree/develop/docs/samples)
 
-##Running tests
+## Running tests
 
 1. Clone the repository
 2. `cd` into the repository and install dependencies with `npm install`
 3. `npm test` or `npm test --coverage` (`istanbul` will create coverage reports in coverage/lcov-report/`)
 
-##Generating Documentation
+## Generating Documentation
 
 The continuous integration tests require that the documentation stays up-to-date. If you make changes to the JSON schemas, fixtures, or documentation sources, you must update the documentation by running `npm run docgen`.
 
-##More Information
+## More Information
 
 + [Ripple Dev Portal](https://ripple.com/build/)