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 ## Building to Docker Hub
 * run `./build`
 * when complete you'll see something like this `Your new docker tag: yardstick/micro-services:braid-tagid`
-* copy this tag id, and in the yardstick `docker-compose.yml` file change the `image` field to have the new tage, for example:
+* copy this tag id, and in the yardstick `docker-compose.yml` file change the `image` field to have the new tag, for example:
 ```
 braid:
   image: yardstick/micro-services:braid-{add the new tag here}