diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d660187..e68d77b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Just put the following aliases into `~/.bashrc` to make things easier:
 alias nn="notes.sh -n"
 
 # Type "ne" to look up and edit an existing note
-alias ne="notes.sh -l | fzf --tac --with-nth="2..-1" | xargs -o notes.sh -e"
+alias ne="notes.sh -l | fzf --tac --with-nth=\"2..-1\" | xargs -o notes.sh -e"
 ```
 
 ## Publishing notes to HTML