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 <h2>Installation</h2>
 Beginning with version 1.1.0 MBassador is available from the Maven Central Repository using the following coordinates:
-        <code class="xml">
+         <pre><code class="xml">
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.engio</groupId>
             <artifactId>mbassador</artifactId>
             <version>1.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        </code>
+        </code></pre>
     <pre><code class="xml">
         &lt;dependency&gt;
             &lt;groupId&gt;net.engio&lt;/groupId&gt;