diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4acbfe59..94c56d328 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
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 ## System Requirements
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ described in the **Setup** section.
 
 Below are some example configurations that you can use as reference:
 
-```
+```toml
 # to use postgres
 [database]
 driver="postgres"
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ datasource="host=127.0.0.1 user=postgres dbname=drone sslmode=disable"
 [database]
 driver="mysql"
 datasource="root@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/drone"
-
 ```
 
 ## Setup