diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d9c648..858aedc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $ title='My Restaurant Randomizer';
     <p>From the following restaurants:</p>
     <ul>
       # Loop through restaurants and display each one
-      $ while read restaurant; do
+      $ while read -r restaurant; do
         <li><% $restaurant %></li>
       $ done <restaurants.txt
     </ul>