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 [![PyPI - License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20v3-lightgrey)](https://pypi.org/project/gpcam/)
 [<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-@gpCAM-purple.svg?logo=slack">](https://gpCAM.slack.com/)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/434768487.svg)](https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/434768487)
-[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/gpcam)]
+[Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/gpcam)
 
 
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