diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 689fcaa..2d9c648 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ printf '%s\n' '</h1>';
 printf '%s\n' '    <p>From the following restaurants:</p>';
 printf '%s\n' '    <ul>';
 # Loop through restaurants and display each one
-while read restaurant; do
+while read -r restaurant; do
 printf '%s' '        <li>';
 printf '%s' "$restaurant" | jq -Rrj @html;
 printf '%s\n' '</li>';
diff --git a/example_templates/readme_example.n0m b/example_templates/readme_example.n0m
index a55551b..e29f838 100644
--- a/example_templates/readme_example.n0m
+++ b/example_templates/readme_example.n0m
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $ 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>