diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a101bbb..9d2ec58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Parser
 
 The parser only currently supports SELECT queries but is able to produce a Select object with properties for where, group, order, limit. See lib/nodes.coffee for more info of the returned object structure. Calling .toString() on a Select object should give you back a well formatted version of the original SQL input.
 
-    tokens = lexer.tokenize('select * from my_table where foo = 'bar')
+    tokens = lexer.tokenize("select * from my_table where foo = 'bar'")
     parser.parse(tokens).toString()
 
     SELECT *
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ A lot of the boilerplate and compilation code in this project is borrowed from t
 Contributions
 -------------
 
-Contributions in the form of pull requests that add syntax support are very welcome but should be supported by both Lexer and Parser level tests.
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+Contributions in the form of pull requests that add syntax support are very welcome but should be supported by both Lexer and Parser level tests.