diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Metrics are sent to InfluxDB with the following values and tags:
 1. `git clone https://github.com/splee/burrower.git`
 1. `cd burrower && sbt assembly`
 1. Update configuration, saving it as `conf/application.conf` (example config file: `burrow/conf/application.conf.example`)
-1. `java -cp target/scala-2.11/burrower-0.2-SNAPSHOT.jar:conf/ com.github.splee.burrower.OffsetMonitor`
+1. `java -Dconfig.file=conf/application.conf -jar target/scala-2.11/burrower-0.2-SNAPSHOT.jar`
 
 ## Planned Features