diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9444895..7e7ebea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This is why holy-lambda-ring-adapter was released. An adapter is a part of holy-
       [request]
       {:status 200
        :headers {}
-       :body \"Hello World\"})
+       :body "Hello World"})
   
     (def HttpApiProxyGateway (hlra/ring<->hl-middleware ring-handler))