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index 0378dad485..552e9fad77 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== SQLCipher ==
+## SQLCipher
 
 SQLCipher is an SQLite extension that provides transparent 256-bit AES encryption of 
 database files. Pages are encrypted before being written to disk and are decrypted 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SQLCipher was initially developed by Stephen Lombardo at Zetetic LLC
 (sjlombardo@zetetic.net) as the encrypted database layer for Strip, 
 an iPhone data vault and password manager (http://getstrip.com).   
 
-[Features]
+## Features
 
 - Fast performance with as little as 5-15% overhead for encryption on many operations
 - 100% of data in the database file is encrypted
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ an iPhone data vault and password manager (http://getstrip.com).
 - Algorithms provided by the peer reviewed OpenSSL crypto library.
 - Configurable crypto providers
 
-[Compiling]
+## Compiling
 
 Building SQLCipher is almost the same as compiling a regular version of 
 SQLite with two small exceptions: 
@@ -30,57 +30,56 @@ SQLite with two small exceptions:
  
 Example Static linking (replace /opt/local/lib with the path to libcrypto.a)
 
-  $ ./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" \
-    LDFLAGS="/opt/local/lib/libcrypto.a"
-  $ make
+	$ ./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" \
+		LDFLAGS="/opt/local/lib/libcrypto.a"
+	$ make
 
 Example Dynamic linking
 
-  $ ./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" \
-    LDFLAGS="-lcrypto"
-  $ make
+	$ ./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" \
+		LDFLAGS="-lcrypto"
+	$ make
 
-[Encrypting a database]
+## Encrypting a database
 
 To specify an encryption passphrase for the database via the SQL interface you 
 use a pragma. The passphrase you enter is passed through PBKDF2 key derivation to
 obtain the encryption key for the database 
 
-  PRAGMA key = 'passphrase';
+	PRAGMA key = 'passphrase';
 
 Alternately, you can specify an exact byte sequence using a blob literal. If you
 use this method it is your responsibility to ensure that the data you provide a
 64 character hex string, which will be converted directly to 32 bytes (256 bits) of 
 key data without key derivation.
 
-  PRAGMA key = "x'2DD29CA851E7B56E4697B0E1F08507293D761A05CE4D1B628663F411A8086D99'";
+	PRAGMA key = "x'2DD29CA851E7B56E4697B0E1F08507293D761A05CE4D1B628663F411A8086D99'";
 
 To encrypt a database programatically you can use the sqlite3_key function. 
 The data provided in pKey is converted to an encryption key according to the 
 same rules as PRAGMA key. 
 
-
-  int sqlite3_key(sqlite3 *db, const void *pKey, int nKey);
+	int sqlite3_key(sqlite3 *db, const void *pKey, int nKey);
 
 PRAGMA key or sqlite3_key should be called as the first operation when a database is open.
 
-[Changing a database key]
+## Changing a database key
 
 To change the encryption passphrase for an existing database you may use the rekey pragma
 after you've supplied the correct database password;
 
-  PRAGMA key = 'passphrase'; -- start with the existing database passphrase
-  PRAGMA rekey = 'new-passphrase'; -- rekey will reencrypt with the new passphrase
+	PRAGMA key = 'passphrase'; -- start with the existing database passphrase
+	PRAGMA rekey = 'new-passphrase'; -- rekey will reencrypt with the new passphrase
 
 The hexrekey pragma may be used to rekey to a specific binary value
 
-  PRAGMA rekey = "x'2DD29CA851E7B56E4697B0E1F08507293D761A05CE4D1B628663F411A8086D99'";
+	PRAGMA rekey = "x'2DD29CA851E7B56E4697B0E1F08507293D761A05CE4D1B628663F411A8086D99'";
 
 This can be accomplished programtically by using sqlite3_rekey;
   
-  sqlite3_rekey(sqlite3 *db, const void *pKey, int nKey)
+	sqlite3_rekey(sqlite3 *db, const void *pKey, int nKey)
 
-[Support]
+## Support
 
 The primary avenue for support and discussions is the SQLCipher users mailing list:
 
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ posts about SQLCipher as we do not monitor them frequently.
 If you are using SQLCipher in your own software please let us know at 
 support@zetetic.net!
 
-[License]
+## License
 
 Copyright (c) 2008, ZETETIC LLC
 All rights reserved.
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 This directory contains source code to 
 
-    SQLite: An Embeddable SQL Database Engine
+  SQLite: An Embeddable SQL Database Engine
 
 To compile the project, first create a directory in which to place
 the build products.  It is recommended, but not required, that the
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ script found at the root of the source tree.  Then run "make".
 
 For example:
 
-    tar xzf sqlite.tar.gz    ;#  Unpack the source tree into "sqlite"
+	tar xzf sqlite.tar.gz    ;#  Unpack the source tree into "sqlite"
     mkdir bld                ;#  Build will occur in a sibling directory
     cd bld                   ;#  Change to the build directory
     ../sqlite/configure      ;#  Run the configure script
@@ -164,4 +163,4 @@ AWK.
 
 Contacts:
 
-   http://www.sqlite.org/
+  http://www.sqlite.org/