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 ### [https://www.invoiceninja.com](https://www.invoiceninja.com)
 
-#### Note: the application has recently been updated to Laravel 5. Please use the [1.7.x branch](https://github.com/hillelcoren/invoice-ninja/tree/1.7.x) for a more a stable build.
+#### Note: the application has recently been updated to Laravel 5. Please use the [1.7.x branch](https://github.com/hillelcoren/invoice-ninja/tree/1.7.x) for a more stable build.
 
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