diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ the free version of [Julia Pro](https://juliacomputing.com/products/juliapro.htm
 ```
 printf 'export JULIA_PKGDIR=/var/tmp/$USER\n' > julialab1
 printf 'export JULIA_EDITOR=gedit\n' >> julialab1
-printf 'julia6\n' >> julialab1
+printf 'julia\n' >> julialab1
 chmod +x julialab1
 ```
 (Feel free to choose another text editor if you don't like gedit.) This step only needs to be done once. Henceforth you can start julia with the environment setup by running `./julialab1` in the current directory.