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 # h5ai
 
-[![web][web-img]][web] [![GitHub][gh-img]][gh]
+[![license][license-img]][gh] [![web][web-img]][web] [![GitHub][gh-img]][gh]
 
 A modern HTTP web server index for Apache httpd, lighttpd, nginx and Cherokee.
 For bug reports and feature requests please use [issues][gh-issues].
@@ -81,5 +81,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 [develop]: http://release.larsjung.de/h5ai/develop/
 [fquery]: http://larsjung.de/fquery/
 
-[web-img]: http://img.shields.io/badge/web-larsjung.de/h5ai-a0a060.svg?style=flat
-[gh-img]: http://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-lrsjng/h5ai-a0a060.svg?style=flat
+[license-img]: http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-a0a060.svg?style=flat-square
+[web-img]: http://img.shields.io/badge/web-larsjung.de/h5ai-a0a060.svg?style=flat-square
+[gh-img]: http://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-lrsjng/h5ai-a0a060.svg?style=flat-square