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 <img src="./docs/sphinx/source/_images/logo_horizontal_highres.png" width="500" alt="RdTools logo"/>
 
 Master branch: 
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/NREL/rdtools/workflows/pytest/badge.svg?branch=master)  
+![Build Status](https://github.com/NREL/rdtools/workflows/pytest/badge.svg?branch=master)  
 
 Development branch: 
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/NREL/rdtools/workflows/pytest/badge.svg?branch=development)
+![Build Status](https://github.com/NREL/rdtools/workflows/pytest/badge.svg?branch=development)
 
 RdTools is an open-source library to support reproducible technical analysis of
 time series data from photovoltaic energy systems. The library aims to provide