diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6972b4e0..c24ed2ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Sentry init, you probably are missing `libcurl4-openssl-dev`.
 
 1. Follow the instructions below to use either MySQL or Spanner as your DB.
 2. Now `cp config/local.example.toml config/local.toml`. Open `config/local.toml` and make sure you have the desired settings configured. For a complete list of available configuration options, check out [docs/config.md](docs/config.md).
-3. `make run_local` starts the server in debug mode, using your new `local.toml` file for config options. Or, simply `cargo run` with your own config options provided as env vars.
+3. `make run` starts the server in debug mode, using your new `local.toml` file for config options. Or, simply `cargo run` with your own config options provided as env vars.
 4. Visit `http://localhost:8000/__heartbeat__` to make sure the server is running.
 
 ### MySQL
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ Durable sync needs only a valid mysql DSN in order to set up connections to a My
 
 To setup a fresh MySQL DB and user: (`mysql -u root`):
 
-    ```
-    CREATE USER "sample_user"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "sample_password";
-    CREATE DATABASE syncstorage_rs;
+```
+CREATE USER "sample_user"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "sample_password";
+CREATE DATABASE syncstorage_rs;
 
-    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on syncstorage_rs.* to sample_user@localhost;
-    ```
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on syncstorage_rs.* to sample_user@localhost;
+```
 
 ### Spanner
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ This will walk you through the steps to connect this project to your local copy
 1. If you want to connect to the existing [Sentry project](https://sentry.prod.mozaws.net/operations/syncstorage-dev/) for local development, login to Sentry, and go to the page with [api keys](https://sentry.prod.mozaws.net/settings/operations/syncstorage-dev/keys/). Copy the `DSN` value.
 2. Comment out the `human_logs` line in your `config/local.toml` file.
 3. You can force an error to appear in Sentry by adding a `panic!` into main.rs, just before the final `Ok(())`.
-4. Now, `SENTRY_DSN={INSERT_DSN_FROM_STEP_1_HERE} make run_local`.
+4. Now, `SENTRY_DSN={INSERT_DSN_FROM_STEP_1_HERE} make run`.
 5. You may need to stop the local server after it hits the panic! before errors will appear in Sentry.
 
 ### RUST_LOG