diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Cashu should be now installed. To execute the following commands, activate your
 poetry shell
 ```
 
-If you don't activate your environment, just prepent `poetry run` to all following commands.
+If you don't activate your environment, just prepend `poetry run` to all following commands.
 ## Configuration
 ```bash
 mv .env.example .env