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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ This ensures that the cron job is configured when the Docker container is built.
 
 The cron job executes a shell script (callApi.sh) which triggers the following Node.js code to make a POST request to the specified API endpoint.
 
-```bash
+```javascript
 process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
 
 const axios = require('axios');