diff --git a/INSTALL/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL/INSTALL.md
index 6d07f89..2dd5675 100644
--- a/INSTALL/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL/INSTALL.md
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ An Ubuntu server (18.04/20.04 should both work fine) - though other linux instal
 ## Cerebrate installation instructions
 
 It should be sufficient to issue the following command to install the dependencies:
-```
+```bash
 sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server git composer php-intl php-mbstring php-dom php-xml unzip php-ldap php-sqlite3 sqlite libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
 ```
 
 Clone this repository (for example into /var/www/cerebrate)
 
-```
+```bash
 sudo mkdir /var/www/cerebrate
 sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/cerebrate
 sudo -u www-data git clone https://github.com/cerebrate-project/cerebrate.git /var/www/cerebrate
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sudo -u www-data git clone https://github.com/cerebrate-project/cerebrate.git /v
 
 Run composer
 
-```
+```bash
 cd /var/www/cerebrate
 sudo -u www-data composer install
 ```
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sudo -u www-data composer install
 Create a database for cerebrate
 
 From SQL shell:
-```
+```mysql
 mysql
 CREATE DATABASE cerebrate;
 CREATE USER 'cerebrate'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD';
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 ```
 
 Or from Bash:
-```
+```bash
 sudo mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE cerebrate;"
 sudo mysql -e "CREATE USER 'cerebrate'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD';"
 sudo mysql -e "GRANT USAGE ON *.* to cerebrate@localhost;"
@@ -51,27 +51,27 @@ sudo mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 
 Load the default table structure into the database
 
-```
+```bash
 sudo mysql -u cerebrate -p cerebrate < /var/www/cerebrate/INSTALL/mysql.sql
 ```
 
 create your local configuration and set the db credentials
 
-```
+```bash
 sudo -u www-data cp -a /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.example.php /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.php
 sudo -u www-data vim /var/www/cerebrate/config/app_local.php
 ```
 
 mod_rewrite needs to be enabled:
 
-```
+```bash
 sudo a2enmod rewrite
 ```
 
 Simply modify the Datasource -> default array's username, password, database fields
 This would be, when following the steps above:
 
-```
+```php
     'Datasources' => [
         'default' => [
             'host' => 'localhost',
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Create an apache config file for cerebrate / ssh key and point the document root
 
 For development installs the following can be done:
 
-```
+```bash
 # This configuration is purely meant for local installations for development / testing
 # Using HTTP on an unhardened apache is by no means meant to be used in any production environment
 sudo cp /var/www/cerebrate/INSTALL/cerebrate_dev.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/