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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ You'll need to be in a [virtualenv](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/v
 
 ```pip install -r requirements.txt```
 
-You can then run an instance of mapit with:
+You can then run an instance of MapIt with:
 
 ```manage.py runserver 127.0.0.1:3108```