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 ## running production? Add --production
 ```
 
-Congrats! You made it. BTW you can also just `npm install ghost` if you're into that sort of thing. NPM afficionados can also read up on using [Ghost as an NPM module](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/wiki/Using-Ghost-as-an-npm-module).
+Congrats! You made it. BTW you can also just `npm install ghost` if you're into that sort of thing. NPM aficionados can also read up on using [Ghost as an NPM module](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/wiki/Using-Ghost-as-an-npm-module).
 
 More general [install docs](http://support.ghost.org/installation/) here in case you got stuck.