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     - specification of results folder (will be generated by `snippy`)
 
 
-    Here, we are mostly interested in analysing the samples associated with the outbreak:
+    Perhaps: Here, we are mostly interested in analysing the samples that we know from cgMLST are associated with the outbreak:
 
     SaH1P10622<br>
     SaH1P30922<br>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 
     You can find more info on the implemented models here: http://www.iqtree.org/doc/Substitution-Models#dna-models
 
-* Inspect the phylogeny using **Figtree** - download it from here if you have not already done so. You should be able to open the .tre file directly via the SFTP feature of your terminal client. 
+* Inspect the phylogeny using **Figtree** - download it from https://github.com/rambaut/figtree/releases if you have not already done so. You should be able to open the .tre file directly via the SFTP feature of your terminal client. 
 
 * When opening the .tre file, Figtree will ask you to give a label to the node values. These are your bootstrap values. You can choose display them under "Node Labels".