diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7023561..0a3bd81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ Version: Milestone-1
 
 ## Setup
 This will create and setup a `SQLite` database if `mind.db` doesn't
-exist under [`backend/`](`backend/`).
+exist under [`backend/`](backend/).
 
-Also see [`backend/README.md`](`backend/README.md`).
+Also see [`backend/README.md`](`backend/README.md).
 
 ### Getting a llama.cpp instance
 `llama.cpp` is included as a third-party git submodule under
-[`third_party`](`third_party/`).
+[`third_party`](third_party/).
 
 A script for grabbing a Qwen 3 1.7B LLM model from HuggingFace is at
-[`backend/get-qwen3-1.7b.sh`](`backend/get-qwen3-1.7b.sh`).
+[`backend/get-qwen3-1.7b.sh`](backend/get-qwen3-1.7b.sh).
 
 The default location for the `Go` layer of the backend to access the LLM
 service is `localhost:8081`.
@@ -26,23 +26,23 @@ Run `go run ./backend/main.go`, which will start a backend instance at
 
 Note that if `mind.db` doesn't exist in the working directory, it will
 be created and be initialized by the code in
-[`backend/db/migrations`](`backend/db/migrations`).
+[`backend/db/migrations`](backend/db/migrations).
 
 ### DB-related
 All db-related operations (e.g. queries) are under
-[`backend/db`](`backend/db`).
+[`backend/db`](backend/db).
 
 ## Running tests
 To run tests, we provide a simple CLI-based frontend client at
-[`backend/cli.py`](`backend/cli.py`).
+[`backend/cli.py`](backend/cli.py).
 
 This will include all of the features supported or under development.
 
 ## Current features (and features under development)
 A short video demo of basic functionality on the CLI can be found
-under [`milestone-1/demo.mp4`](`milestone-1/demo.mp4`).
+under [`milestone-1/demo.mp4`](milestone-1/demo.mp4).
 
-The specific APIs used are given in [`backend/design.md`](`backend/design.md`).
+The specific APIs used are given in [`backend/design.md`](backend/design.md).
 
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