diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80518f6..9ee9199 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ This package is under active development and I welcome any contributions.
 To get started, clone the repository and install the package in development mode:
 
 ```bash
-git clone  --recurse-submodules git@github.com:abetlen/llama-cpp-python.git
+git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:abetlen/llama-cpp-python.git
 # Will need to be re-run any time vendor/llama.cpp is updated
 python3 setup.py develop
 ```