diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5507d7..080bb40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 occi-os
 =======
 
-This is a clone of https://github.com/dizz/nova - it provides a python egg which can be deployed in OpenStack and will thereby add the 3rd party OCCI interface to OpenStack.
+This is a clone and continuation of https://github.com/dizz/nova - it provides a python egg which can be easily
+deployed in [OpenStack](http://www.openstack.org) and will thereby add the 3rd party [OCCI](http://www.occi-wg.org)
+interface to OpenStack.
 
 Usage
 -----
 
-1. Install this egg: python setup.py install (later maybe pip install occi-os)
-2. Configure OpenStack - Add application to api-paste of nova and enable the API
+1. Install this egg: `python setup.py install` (later maybe `pip install occi-os`)
+2. Configure OpenStack - Add application to `api-paste.ini` of nova and enable the API
 
 ### Configuration
 
-Make sure an application is configured in api-paste.ini (name can be picked yourself):
+Make sure an application is configured in `api-paste.ini` (name can be picked yourself):
 
 	########
 	# OCCI #
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ Make sure an application is configured in api-paste.ini (name can be picked your
 	[app:occiapp]
 	use = egg:openstackocci#occi_app
 
-Make sure the API (name from above) is enabled in nova.conf:
+Make sure the API (name from above) is enabled in `nova.conf`:
 
 	[...]
 	enabled_apis=ec2,occiapi,osapi_compute,osapi_volume,metadata
@@ -42,4 +44,3 @@ You can set the port option via the `nova.conf` configuration file:
     [...]
     occiapi_listen_port=9999
     [...]
-
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 9ce3e5a..696f7c4 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 rm -rf build/html
-mkdir build
-mkdir build/html
+mkdir -p build/html
 
 echo '\n PyLint report \n****************************************\n'