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 To download this package, ensure you have devtools installed
 
 If not:
-`install_packages(‘devtools’)`
+```r
+install_packages(‘devtools’)
+```
 Then,
 
-`devtools::install_github(“priism-center/backpack”)`
+```r
+devtools::install_github(“priism-center/backpack”)
+```
 
 To get started with using the package, attach the package to your environment
-`library(backpack)`
+```r
+library(backpack)
+```
 and then initalize the package with a path in which to store personal binders. For example:
-`initialize_backpack("~/Documents/")`
+```r
+initialize_backpack("~/Documents/")
+```
 
 Everytime you load a new R Session, remember to set path for backpack to the one you initialized to. For example:
-`set_backpack_path("~/Documents/")`
+```r
+set_backpack_path("~/Documents/")
+```
 
 ## Authors
 This project was developed as part of the Fall '18 Statistical Consulting course, part of the Applied Statistics for Social Science Research, NYU Steinhardt.