diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33c02ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/virtual/var
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f14e9c0..c41f34a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ MariaDB will have its whole data folder (_i.e. `/var/lib/mysql`_) on the host in
 > In a real-world environment, we would not store the whole data folder (in fact it would be in the _.gitignore_), but we would add a script to dump a SQL file into the database when using the environment for the first time :
 >
 > ```bash
-> cat backup.sql | docker exec -i mariadb mysql -uroot -p<password>
-> ```
->
+cat backup.sql | docker exec -i mariadb mysql -uroot -p<password>
+```
 > Then, the volumes would be shared and persistent on the host.
 
 
 
+
+
 ###### 	c) Log files
 
 Also logs will be mounted the same way in order for developers to easily check these out when needed (_e.g. `virtual/var/log/apache2/access.log`_). Also, note that even if the container is removed, the logs will remain.