diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ffb043b..6704e8bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -361,10 +361,12 @@ dynamically:
 
 ``` clojure
 (require '[babashka.classpath :refer [add-classpath]]
-         '[clojure.java.shell :refer [sh]])
+         '[clojure.java.shell :refer [sh]]
+         '[clojure.string :as str])
+
 (def medley-dep '{:deps {medley {:git/url "https://github.com/borkdude/medley"
                                  :sha "91adfb5da33f8d23f75f0894da1defe567a625c0"}}})
-(def cp (:out (sh "clojure" "-Spath" "-Sdeps" (str medley-dep))))
+(def cp (-> (sh "clojure" "-Spath" "-Sdeps" (str medley-dep)) :out str/trim))
 (add-classpath cp)
 (require '[medley.core :as m])
 (m/index-by :id [{:id 1} {:id 2}]) ;;=> {1 {:id 1}, 2 {:id 2}}