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@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Copy the .war file to your webapps directory  and test.
 Edit the catalina.properties file on the Drupal server by adding the 
 following two lines to the bottom of the file-
 
-fits.home=/<path-to-fits>/fits
+fits.home=/\<path-to-fits>/fits
 
-shared.loader=/<path-to-fits>/fits/lib/*.jar
+shared.loader=/\<path-to-fits>/fits/lib/*.jar
 
 Restart Tomcat and test with