diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb0517e..86decb3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ Bootstrap an OS instance with bare essentials.
 
 To bootstrap a macOS instance:
 
-```
-$ curl -s https://code.infektor.net/config/bootstrap/raw/master/bootstrap-macOS.sh | sh
+```console
+$ curl -O https://code.infektor.net/config/bootstrap/raw/master/bootstrap-macOS.sh && chmod +x bootstrap-macOS.sh && ./bootstrap-macOS.sh
 ```
 
-To bootstrap a Debain based Linux instance:
+To bootstrap a Debian based Linux instance:
 
-```
-$ wget https://code.infektor.net/config/bootstrap/raw/master/bootstrap-Debian.sh -O - | sh
+```console
+$ wget https://code.infektor.net/config/bootstrap/raw/master/bootstrap-Debian.sh && chmod +x bootstrap-Debian.sh && ./bootstrap-Debian.sh
 ```
 
 To bootstrap a Windows instance:
 
-```
+```console
 $ bitsadmin /transfer bootstrap-Windows.cmd https://code.infektor.net/config/bootstrap/raw/master/bootstrap-Windows.cmd %cd%\bootstrap-Windows.cmd & %cd%\bootstrap-Windows.cmd
 ```
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $ bitsadmin /transfer bootstrap-Windows.cmd https://code.infektor.net/config/boo
 Install as a pip package to set SSH keys on any of GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket
 Cloud, or Gogs servers:
 
-```
-pip install git+https://code.infektor.net/config/bootstrap.git
-python -c 'import bootstrap; bootstrap.set_ssh_keys()'
+```console
+$ pip install git+https://code.infektor.net/config/bootstrap.git
+$ python -c 'import bootstrap; bootstrap.set_ssh_keys()'
 ```