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@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ These are all set in `get_party.sh`, not in crontab. Because we need most of the
 
 We need to include some secrets via environment values:
 
-**channel** is the channel ID (`DISCORD_CHANNEL`)
-**token** is the secret token for the webhook (`DISCORD_TOKEN`)
-**cardiparty_ping** is the ID of the `@cardiParty ping` role (`DISCORD_CARDIPARTY_PING`)
+* **channel** is the channel ID (`DISCORD_CHANNEL`)
+* **token** is the secret token for the webhook (`DISCORD_TOKEN`)
+* **cardiparty_ping** is the ID of the `@cardiParty ping` role (`DISCORD_CARDIPARTY_PING`)
 
 There are also a couple of other things we need to do:
-**civicrm_settings** - set `CIVICRM_SETTINGS` so that `cv` can find it
-**venv** - we need to activate the venv using `source <path/to/venv>`
+* **civicrm_settings** - set `CIVICRM_SETTINGS` so that `cv` can find it
+* **venv** - we need to activate the venv using `source <path/to/venv>`
 
 ## Cron job command