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     <img alt="transbeam logo: a laser warning sign in trans flag colors" height="256" src="https://git.xeno.science/xenofem/transbeam/raw/branch/main/static/transbeam.svg">
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-<p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 2em;" align="center">transbeam</p>
-<p align="center">A low-latency file drop server</p>
+<h3 align="center">transbeam</h3>
+<p align="center">A low-latency file drop web app</p>
 
 ## features