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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Said user is appropriately named jaileduser and their sole purpose is to transfe
 
 Create jaileduser as a system user
 
-```
+``` bash
 useradd -r -s /usr/sbin/nologin jaileduser
 ```
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Create a subdirectory within jaileduser's home directory where the file storing
 
 And give jaileduser only read/execute permissions for the directory (no write so they cannot create more files)
 
-```
+``` bash
 mkdir /home/jaileduser/nginx
 chown jaileduser:jaileduser /home/jaileduser/nginx
 chmod 500 /home/jaileduser/nginx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ And create the appropriate files within jaileduser's home directory
 
 The private key will need to be transfered and stored onto the Nginx server
 
-```
+``` bash
 mkdir /home/jaileduser/.ssh
 touch /home/jaileduser/.ssh/authorized_keys
 ssh-keygen -f jailedkey
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ With all of this done the preliminary steps are complete and we can place the sc
 
 ## Script ran on Nginx server to send public IP to nameserver:
 
-```
+``` bash
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #define path to private key
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ local ip2=$(dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com) 2>/dev/null \
 
 ## Script ran on master nameserver to update DNS records:
 
-```
+``` bash
 #!/bin/bash
 
 homeip=/home/jaileduser/nginx/homeip
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ And you don't want a giant wall of text singular log file for all bashddns actio
 
 ### A log rotate entry can be made as follows:
 
-```
+``` bash
 touch /etc/logrotate.d/bashddns
 nano /etc/logrotate.d/bashddns
 ```