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 ## Contributing
 
-In case of bugs in the application, please create an issue on github. Pull requests are hightly welcome!
+In case of bugs in the application, please create an issue on github. Pull requests are highly welcome!
 
 ## Thanks
 [Abhisek Datta - abhisek](https://github.com/abhisek) for application architecture and front-end code