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 ## Running in a secure environment
-To run your application in a secure manner you'll need to use OpenSSL and generate a set of self-signed certificates. Unix-based users can use the following commnad: 
+To run your application in a secure manner you'll need to use OpenSSL and generate a set of self-signed certificates. Unix-based users can use the following command: 
 ```
 $ sh ./scripts/generate-ssl-certs.sh
 ```