diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac3ea25..922dc22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Steps to reproduce
 Baseline is llvm14: 12-13 seconds:
 
 ```
-$ bazel clean; bazel --batch build --extra_toolchains=@llvm_toolchain//:cc-toolchain-x86_64-linux ...
+bazel --batch clean; bazel --batch build --extra_toolchains=@llvm_toolchain//:cc-toolchain-x86_64-linux ...
 INFO: Elapsed time: 12.454s, Critical Path: 1.11s
 ```
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ zig cc without the sandbox. Which means different invocations of `zig cc` will
 see that all files in `zig_lib_dir` are the same file. 17 seconds:
 
 ```
-bazel clean; bazel --batch build --spawn_strategy=local  --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
+bazel --batch clean; bazel --batch build --spawn_strategy=local  --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
 INFO: Elapsed time: 17.021s, Critical Path: 1.67s
 ```
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ zig_sdk, are put to `/dev/shm`. However, they are all symlinks, which means zig
 will re-hash all it's dependencies. 42 seconds:
 
 ```
-bazel clean; bazel --batch build --sandbox_base=/dev/shm --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
+bazel --batch clean; bazel --batch build --sandbox_base=/dev/shm --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
 INFO: Elapsed time: 42.251s, Critical Path: 5.26s
 ```
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ zig cc plain: 142 seconds. Sandbox is on a real disk, which means it will take
 even longer to re-hash all its dependencies:
 
 ```
-$ bazel clean; bazel --batch build --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
+bazel --batch clean; bazel --batch build --platforms=@zig_sdk//libc_aware/platform:linux_amd64_gnu.2.28 ...
 INFO: Elapsed time: 142.264s, Critical Path: 20.65s
 ```