diff --git a/gossip.asciidoc b/gossip.asciidoc
index 5961c0f..9d4e5f2 100644
--- a/gossip.asciidoc
+++ b/gossip.asciidoc
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ It might be usefull to get familiar with the different terminology that we have
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 |===
 |  | Channel Graph  |peer to peer network
-| Name     | channel | connection |
-| initiate | open | (re)connect |
-| finalize | close| terminate|
+| Name     | channel | connection 
+| initiate | open | (re)connect 
+| finalize | close| terminate
 | technology | Bitcoin Blockchain | encrypted TCP/IP connection
 | lifetime | until funding spent | while peers are online
+|===
 
 As the Lightning Network is a peer-to-peer network, some initial bootstrapping
 is required in order for peers to discover each other.  Within this chapter
diff --git a/node_operations.asciidoc b/node_operations.asciidoc
index 6c71e33..a0ab736 100644
--- a/node_operations.asciidoc
+++ b/node_operations.asciidoc
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ In addition, if you have connected an external drive, you will need to tell the
 On most Linux systems you can create a new user with the +useradd+ command, like this:
 
 ----
-$ sudo useradd -d /external_drive/bitcoin -s /dev/null bitcoin
+$ sudo useradd -m -d /external_drive/bitcoin -s /dev/null bitcoin
 ----
 
-The +d+ flag assigns the user's home directory. In this case, we put it on the external drive. The +s+ flag assigns the user's interactive shell. In this case we set it to +/dev/null+ to disable interactive shell use. The last argument is the new user's username +bitcoin+.
+The +m+ and +d+ flags create the user's home directory as specified by /external_drive/bitcoin in this case. The +s+ flag assigns the user's interactive shell. In this case we set it to +/dev/null+ to disable interactive shell use. The last argument is the new user's username +bitcoin+.
 
 ==== Node startup