diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Setting up the account
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 # dotfiles
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/karlmutch/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles --recursive ;
+git clone https://github.com/karlmutch/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles --recurse-submodules -j8
 
 cd ~/.dotfiles ;