diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61fafd45..2bde062d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Chibi-Scheme
+# ![Chibi-Scheme](http://synthcode.com/images/chibi-scheme-med.png)
 
 Minimal Scheme Implementation for use as an Extension Language
 
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ and scripting language in C programs.  In addition to support for
 lightweight VM-based threads, each VM itself runs in an isolated heap
 allowing multiple VMs to run simultaneously in different OS threads.
 
-The default repl language contains all bindings from [R7RS small](http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/wiki/R7RSHomePage),
+The default repl language contains all bindings from
+[R7RS small](http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/wiki/R7RSHomePage),
 available explicitly as the `(scheme small)` library.
 
 Support for additional languages such as JavaScript, Go, Lua and Bash
@@ -18,8 +19,11 @@ because its first class continuations and guaranteed tail-call
 optimization makes implementing other languages easy.
 
 To build on most platforms just run `make && make test`.  This will
-provide a shared library *"libchibi-scheme"*, as well as a sample
-*"chibi-scheme"* command-line repl.  You can then run `sudo make install`
+provide a shared library *libchibi-scheme*, as well as a sample
+*chibi-scheme* command-line repl.  You can then run
+
+    sudo make install
+
 to install the binaries and libraries.  You can optionally specify a
 **PREFIX** for the installation directory:
 
@@ -32,4 +36,4 @@ If you want to try out chibi-scheme without installing, be sure to set
 `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` so it can find the shared libraries.
 
 For more detailed documentation, run `make doc` and see the generated
-*"doc/chibi.html"*.
+*doc/chibi.html*.