diff --git a/examples/controlplane/Readme.md b/examples/controlplane/Readme.md
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--- a/examples/controlplane/Readme.md
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@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Different control plane architectures with arbitrary network topologies can be s
 
 The control protocol is illustrated at a high level by the sequence diagram below:
 
-```mermaid sequenceDiagram
+```mermaid 
+sequenceDiagram
 Alice(Request Generator)->>+Controller: DistributionRequest(path_id)
 Controller-->>+RequestTracker1: EntanglementRequest
 Controller-->>+RequestTracker2: EntanglementRequest