diff --git a/docs/guide/installation.md b/docs/guide/installation.md
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@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Mininum poetry version has is ^1.2, but it is recommended to use latest poetry.
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits.git
+git checkout main
 cd lnbits
 
 # for making sure python 3.9 is installed, skip if installed. To check your installed version: python3 --version