diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ You should see mempool starting up, which takes over an hour (needs 8 blocks). W
 
 ## Checking out release tag
 ```bash
-  git clone https://github.com/mempool-space/mempool.space
-  cd mempool.space
-  git checkout v1.0.0 # put latest release tag here
+  git clone https://github.com/mempool/mempool
+  cd mempool
+  latestrelease=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/mempool/mempool/releases/latest|grep tag_name|head -1|cut -d '"' -f4)
+  git checkout $latestrelease
 ```
 
 ## Bitcoin Core (bitcoind)