diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 073c1f3..50ee087 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ targeted at developers and map designers.
 
 - :link: Design your maps online at **<https://maputnik.github.io/editor/>** (all in local storage)
 
-Mapbox has built one of the best and most amazing OSS ecosystems. A key component to ensure its longevity and independance is an OSS map designer.
+Mapbox has built one of the best and most amazing OSS ecosystems. A key component to ensure its longevity and independence is an OSS map designer.
 
 
 ## Donations
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The build process will watch for changes to the filesystem, rebuild and autorelo
 > webpack uses the file system to get notified of file changes. In some cases this does not work. For example, when using Network File System (NFS). Vagrant also has a lot of problems with this. 
 Snippet from <https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/#devserver-watchoptions->
 
-To enable polling add `export WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_POLLING=1` to your enviroment.
+To enable polling add `export WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_POLLING=1` to your environment.
 
 ```
 npm run build