diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afaf1ec..1e2a561 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ pip install temp-index
 from temp_index import make_cards
 
 
-make_cards(
-    "/home/me/catalogue.pdf",
-    "sqlite:///metadata.db",
-    ["title", "timestamp", "comments", "authors"],
-    ["tags"],
-)
+make_cards("catalogue.pdf", "sqlite:///metadata.db", ["title", "timestamp", "comments", "authors"], ["tags"])
 ```
 
 ## publish it