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+++ b/README
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ To take a quick tour, please take the following steps:
 
 1) Compile Aevol with the following commands:
   cd aevol/build
-  cmake .
+  cmake ..
   make
 
 In that process, you'll need development packages.