diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11ffb35..2c5bfe6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Spotipy's full documentation is online at [Spotipy Documentation](http://spotipy
 
 ## Installation
 
-    pip install spotipy
+```bash
+pip install spotipy
+```
 
 ## Quick Start
 
@@ -19,21 +21,25 @@ A full set of examples can be found in the [online documentation](http://spotipy
 To get started, install spotipy and create an app on https://developers.spotify.com/.
 Add your new ID and SECRET to your environment:
 
-    export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=client_id_here
-    export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=client_secret_here
+```bash
+export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=client_id_here
+export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=client_secret_here
 
-    // on Windows, use `SET` instead of `export`
+// on Windows, use `SET` instead of `export`
+```
 
 Then, create a Spotify object and call methods:
 
-    import spotipy
-    from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials
+```python
+import spotipy
+from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials
 
-    sp = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials())
+sp = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials())
 
-    results = sp.search(q='weezer', limit=20)
-    for idx, track in enumerate(results['tracks']['items']):
-        print(idx, track['name'])
+results = sp.search(q='weezer', limit=20)
+for idx, track in enumerate(results['tracks']['items']):
+    print(idx, track['name'])
+```
 
 ## Reporting Issues