diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3d865b1c..80ef1ae8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ cd komodo
 #This will return your pubkey eg. "0259e137e5594cf8287195d13aed816af75bd5c04ae673296b51f66e7e8346e8d8" for your address
 ./src/komodo-cli validateaddress RJeXg8vtvyC5vmB1WGsPnbHH4C6HLY42BK
 
-#To stop the dameon:
+#To stop the daemon:
 ./src/komodo-cli stop
 
 #This starts komodo notary - replace genproclimit with number of threads you want to use