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 ### :keyboard: Activity: Update `base.css`
 
-1. Create a new branch and change the `body` CSS declaration in `base.css` to match what is below. This will set the page background to black
+1. Create a new branch off of the `main` branch and change the `body` CSS declaration in `base.css` to match what is below. This will set the page background to black
 ```
 body {
     background-color: black;