diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Stack definition for the snowball api service.
 ### Fetch the stack repo
 
 ```
-$ laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/snowballtools-base-api-stack
+$ laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/snowballtools-base-api-stack --pull
 ```
 
 ### Clone project repositories