diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15258f92d..1e5a73497 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Go and get the [RISC-V tools](https://github.com/riscv/riscv-tools).
 
 Checkout the repository and initialize all submodules
 ```
-git checkout https://github.com/pulp-platform/ariane.git
+git clone https://github.com/pulp-platform/ariane.git
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```