diff --git a/apps/firebase/README.md b/apps/firebase/README.md
index a7542e0d4..841de03f9 100644
--- a/apps/firebase/README.md
+++ b/apps/firebase/README.md
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ A firebase function that faucets addresses
 
 ## Funding the accounts
 
-The accounts are normal EOAs. send CELO via transfer or simple transaction. 
+The accounts are normal EOAs. Send CELO via transfer or simple transaction. 
 
 
-## How to qa 
-
-push to the staging branch. this branch is the only non master branch that can be used with captcha and deployment
+## How to QA 
+ 
+ Push to the staging branch. This branch is the only non-master branch that can be used with captcha and deployment.
 
 
 ## How to deploy
 
-Deployment is done thru a github action. see deploy-chain.yaml
+Deployment is done through a GitHub Action. See deploy-chain.yaml
 
 ## ✍️ <a id="contributing"></a>Contributing
 
diff --git a/apps/firebase/src/database-helper.ts b/apps/firebase/src/database-helper.ts
index c9067c6c4..44d43acce 100644
--- a/apps/firebase/src/database-helper.ts
+++ b/apps/firebase/src/database-helper.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export async function processRequest(
     }
   } catch (err) {
     logExecutionResult(snap.key, ExecutionResult.OtherErr)
-    console.error(`req(${snap.key}): ERROR proccessRequest`, err)
+    console.error(`req(${snap.key}): ERROR processRequest`, err)
     await snap.ref.update({ status: RequestStatus.Failed })
     throw err
   }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ async function dispatchCeloFunds(
 
   const celoTxhash = await celo.transferCelo(address, amount)
   console.info(
-    `req(${snap.key}): CELO Transaction Submited to mempool. txhash:${celoTxhash}`,
+    `req(${snap.key}): CELO Transaction Submitted to mempool. txhash:${celoTxhash}`,
   )
   await snap.ref.update({ celoTxhash })
   return celoTxhash
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export class AccountPool {
    * Try to set `locked` field to true.
    *
    * @param lockRef Reference to lock field
-   * @returns Wether it sucessfully updated the field
+   * @returns Whether it successfully updated the field
    */
   private async trySetLockField(lockRef: Reference) {
     const txres = await lockRef.transaction((curr: boolean) => {
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7edfc865f..30d19aea6 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ This Repo contains the code for the celo testnets faucet. This is contained in 2
 
 The web app deploys automatically to vercel.
 
-The deploy-chains gh actions deploys functions to staging and production envronments from staging and master branches respectively
+The deploy-chains gh actions deploys functions to staging and production environments from staging and master branches respectively
 
-Note other branches are not deployed autamtically but can be by manually triggering the flow
+Note other branches are not deployed automatically but can be by manually triggering the flow
 
 
 ## Setup
 
-### Wep app
+### Web app
 
 To set up the web app to run locally: