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 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/docs/badge/?version=latest)](https://remix-ide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html)
-[![contributions welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/contributions-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/ethereum/remix-ide)
+[![contributions welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/contributions-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/ethereum/remix-ide/blob/master/README.md#contributing)
 
 # Remix