diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fedaadcaa..ea750a4d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ saml2aws --version
 While brew is available for Linux you can also run the following without using a package manager.
 
 ```
-$ CURRENT_VERSION=$(curl -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/Versent/saml2aws/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d'v' -f2 | cut -d'"' -f1)
-$ wget -c https://github.com/Versent/saml2aws/releases/download/v${CURRENT_VERSION}/saml2aws_${CURRENT_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz -O - | tar -xzv -C ~/.local/bin
-$ chmod u+x ~/.local/bin/saml2aws
-$ hash -r
-$ saml2aws --version
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(curl -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/Versent/saml2aws/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d'v' -f2 | cut -d'"' -f1)
+wget -c https://github.com/Versent/saml2aws/releases/download/v${CURRENT_VERSION}/saml2aws_${CURRENT_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz -O - | tar -xzv -C ~/.local/bin
+chmod u+x ~/.local/bin/saml2aws
+hash -r
+saml2aws --version
 ```
 
 #### [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/) and its derivatives