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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The Haspbian image is built with the same script that generates the official [Ra
 
 By default the Haspbian image is built on a Debian 8 droplet on Digital Ocean and takes about 30 minutes to build on the cheapest droplet. Dependencies and everything is handled by the build script with the exception of `git`.
 
-Since this image is based on [Raspbian](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/) it keeps the defualt password and username from [Raspbian](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/). Default user for use locally or over ssh is `pi` and the password is `raspberry`.
+Since this image is based on [Raspbian](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/) it keeps the default password and username from [Raspbian](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/). Default user for use locally or over ssh is `pi` and the password is `raspberry`.
 
 Build instructions:
 - Install git. `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get install git`