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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Every cc-backend version supports a specific database version.
 On startup the version of the sqlite database is validated and cc-backend will terminate if the version does not match.
 cc-backend supports to migrate the database schema up to the required version using the `--migrate-db` command line option.
 In case the database file does not yet exist it is created and initialized by the `--migrate-db` command line option.
-In case you want to use a newer database version with an olden version of cc-backend you can downgrade a database using the external [migrate](https://github.com/golang-migrate/migrate) tool.
+In case you want to use a newer database version with an older version of cc-backend you can downgrade a database using the external [migrate](https://github.com/golang-migrate/migrate) tool.
 In this case you have to provide the path to the migration files in a recent source tree: `./internal/repository/migrations/`.
 
 ## Development