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@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ You'll need at least Ruby v1.9.3 (**v2.1.x** preferred)
 
 1. Download a copy of the source with `git clone https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter.git` 
 2. Install gems with `bundle install` from the rails root folder. You may need to run `bundle update` if you have older gems in your environment.
-3. Copy and configure config/database.yml from config/database.yml.example, using a new empty databse you've created
+3. Copy and configure config/database.yml from config/database.yml.example, using a new empty database you've created
 4. Copy and configure config/config.yml from config/config.yml.example (for now, this is only for the [Google Maps API Key, which is optional](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2769148/whats-the-api-key-for-in-google-maps-api-v3))
 5. Initialize database with `bundle exec rake db:setup`
 6. Enter ReCaptcha public and private keys in config/initializers/recaptcha.rb, copied from recaptcha.rb.example. To get keys, visit https://google.com/recaptcha/admin