diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb2a634..c8792d7 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 1. **Download and unpack a model**:
    ```
-   curl http://data.keithito.com/data/speech/tacotron-20170720.tar.bz2 | tar x -C /tmp
+   curl http://data.keithito.com/data/speech/tacotron-20170720.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C /tmp
    ```
 
 2. **Run the demo server**: