diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e90ba41e17c10..6c2ed9bf03431 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ To get the source code of the SDK via git just type:
 
 To get the binaries of this library as distributed by Microsoft, ready for use
 within your project you can also have them installed by the Java package manager Maven.
-```xml
-<dependency>
-  <groupId>com.microsoft.windowsazure</groupId>
-  <artifactId>microsoft-windowsazure-api</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.3</version>
-</dependency>
-```
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.microsoft.windowsazure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>microsoft-windowsazure-api</artifactId>
+      <version>0.4.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+
 ##Minimum Requirements
 
 * Java 1.6
@@ -72,63 +72,67 @@ account.  To host your Java code in Windows Azure, you additionally need to down
 the full Windows Azure SDK for Java - which includes packaging, emulation, and
 deployment tools.
 
-##Code Sample
+##Code Samples
 
 The following is a quick example on how to set up a Azure blob using the API
 and uploading a file to it.  For additional information on using the client libraries to access Azure services see the How To guides listed [here](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/java/).
 
-```java
-import java.io.*;
-
-import com.microsoft.windowsazure.services.core.storage.*;
-import com.microsoft.windowsazure.services.blob.client.*;
-
-public class BlobSample {
-	public static final String storageConnectionString =
-			"DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;"
-			+ "AccountName=your_account_name;"
-			+ "AccountKey= your_account_name";
-
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		try {
-			CloudStorageAccount account;
-			CloudBlobClient serviceClient;
-			CloudBlobContainer container;
-			CloudBlockBlob blob;
-
-			account = CloudStorageAccount.parse(storageConnectionString);
-			serviceClient = account.createCloudBlobClient();
-			// Container name must be lower case.
-			container = serviceClient.getContainerReference("blobsample");
-			container.createIfNotExist();
-
-			// Set anonymous access on the container.
-			BlobContainerPermissions containerPermissions;
-			containerPermissions = new BlobContainerPermissions();
-			container.uploadPermissions(containerPermissions);
-
-			// Upload an image file.
-			blob = container.getBlockBlobReference("image1.jpg");
-			File fileReference = new File("c:\\myimages\\image1.jpg");
-			blob.upload(new FileInputStream(fileReference),
-					fileReference.length());
-		} catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException) {
-			System.out.print("FileNotFoundException encountered: ");
-			System.out.println(fileNotFoundException.getMessage());
-			System.exit(-1);
-		} catch (StorageException storageException) {
-			System.out.print("StorageException encountered: ");
-			System.out.println(storageException.getMessage());
-			System.exit(-1);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			System.out.print("Exception encountered: ");
-			System.out.println(e.getMessage());
-			System.exit(-1);
-		}
 
+	import com.microsoft.windowsazure.services.core.storage.*;
+	import com.microsoft.windowsazure.services.blob.client.*;
+
+	public class BlobSample {
+	    public static final String storageConnectionString = 
+            "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;" + 
+            "AccountName=your_account_name;" + 
+            "AccountKey= your_account_name"; 
+
+    	public static void main(String[] args) 
+    	{
+        	try
+        	{
+            	CloudStorageAccount account;
+            	CloudBlobClient serviceClient;
+            	CloudBlobContainer container;
+            	CloudBlockBlob blob;
+        
+            	account = CloudStorageAccount.parse(storageConnectionString);
+            	serviceClient = account.createCloudBlobClient();
+            	// Container name must be lower case.
+            	container = serviceClient.getContainerReference("blobsample");
+            	container.createIfNotExist();
+        
+            	// Set anonymous access on the container.
+            	BlobContainerPermissions containerPermissions;
+            	containerPermissions = new BlobContainerPermissions();
+
+            	// Upload an image file.
+            	blob = container.getBlockBlobReference("image1.jpg");
+            	File fileReference = new File ("c:\\myimages\\image1.jpg");
+            	blob.upload(new FileInputStream(fileReference), fileReference.length());
+        	} 
+        	catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException)
+        	{
+            	System.out.print("FileNotFoundException encountered: ");
+            	System.out.println(fileNotFoundException.getMessage());
+            	System.exit(-1);
+        	}
+        	catch (StorageException storageException)
+        	{
+            	System.out.print("StorageException encountered: ");
+            	System.out.println(storageException.getMessage());
+            	System.exit(-1);
+        	}
+        	catch (Exception e)
+        	{
+            	System.out.print("Exception encountered: ");
+            	System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+            	System.exit(-1);
+        	}
+    
+    	}
 	}
-}
-```
+
 
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