diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72fce05..32877dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The documentation is posted at [hexdocs](http://hexdocs.pm/elixir_ipfs_api/)
 
 The package is published on [Hex](https://hex.pm). Add the elixir\_ipfs\_api as follow
 
-```
+```elixir
 defp deps do
     [
         ...
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ end
 
 Start the IPFS daemon by running the following in terminal
 
-```
+```bash
 $ ipfs daemon
 ```
 
 This will start the ipfs daemon with the API endpoint at localhost:5001.
 If you want to start the API endpoint at a different address then add to the config
 
-```
+```bash
 $ ipfs config Addresses.API /ipfs/127.0.0.1/tcp/5007
 ```
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $ ipfs config Addresses.API /ipfs/127.0.0.1/tcp/5007
 
 The [IpfsConnection](http://hexdocs.pm/elixir_ipfs_api/IpfsConnection.html) entity contains the information of the IPFS API endpoint. By default it will try to connect to http://localhost:5001/api/v0
 
-```
+```elixir
 conn = %IpfsConnection{host: "127.0.0.1", base: "api/v0", port: 5007}
 ```
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ conn = %IpfsConnection{host: "127.0.0.1", base: "api/v0", port: 5007}
 ### Adding content to IPFS
 
 
-```
+```elixir
 iex> conn = %IpfsConnection{}
 iex> IpfsApi.add(conn, "Hello world from Elixir-Ipfs-Api")
 {:ok,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ iex> IpfsApi.add(conn, "Hello world from Elixir-Ipfs-Api")
 ### Getting content from IPFS
 
 
-```
+```elixir
 iex> conn = %IpfsConnection{}
 iex> IpfsApi.get(conn, "QmTcCZJEW1kUcYU1bKQk9SMGRsTisMMWXuxJ1AQerHwyaA")
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