diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92f7ed7aa5..318272f0f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ forwardproxy {
 and `./naive` with the following `config.json`:
 ```json
 {
-  "listen": "http:/127.0.0.1:8080",
+  "listen": "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
   "padding": true
 }
 ```