diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23d63473a067756fc00f4092da42d440cc5bec2a..3a5396d9c05865480ed6185ccd47e95724a5400d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ variables in `config.py` are supported in our baseline though.
 $ python3 abstinent.py -t -p 3
 ```
 
-To merge the ``abstinent.py` output, simply put the '-bl' modifier behind `merge.py`:
+To merge the `abstinent.py` output, simply put the '-bl' modifier behind `merge.py`:
 
 ```
 $ python3 merge.py -bl
diff --git a/source/setup.sh b/source/setup.sh
index 3c13bf8199b6ae38494ccfe363369d6032951d3a..6ab2ac8ba2477a99b0a24a1913506bfb06c106b5 100644
--- a/source/setup.sh
+++ b/source/setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 mkdir ../output
 mkdir ../output/baseline
 mkdir ../output/system
-mkdir ../figures
 mkdir final
 
 python3 -m venv absinth_env