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@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ All versions can be found [here](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Ocelot/)
 
 An example startup using a yaml file for configuration can be seen below. Currently this is the only way to get configuration into Ocelot.
 
-`
-
 	public class Startup
     {
         public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; }
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ An example startup using a yaml file for configuration can be seen below. Curren
             app.UseOcelot();
         }
     }
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 An example configuration can be found [here](https://github.com/TomPallister/Ocelot/blob/develop/test/Ocelot.ManualTest/configuration.yaml)