diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ad91ada..972d96db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ After choosing a platform `PLAT` from above, run:
 
 ```bash
 # for Windows, use ".zip" instead of ".tar.gz"
-$ curl -L https://github.com/ipinfo/cli/releases/download/ipinfo-1.0.0/ipinfo_1.0.0_${PLAT}.tar.gz
+$ curl -LO https://github.com/ipinfo/cli/releases/download/ipinfo-1.0.0/ipinfo_1.0.0_${PLAT}.tar.gz
 # OR
 $ wget https://github.com/ipinfo/cli/releases/download/ipinfo-1.0.0/ipinfo_1.0.0_${PLAT}.tar.gz
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $ mv ipinfo_1.0.0_${PLAT} /usr/local/bin/ipinfo
 The `ipinfo` binary will be installed in `/usr/local/bin/ipinfo`:
 
 ```bash
-$ curl -L https://github.com/ipinfo/cli/releases/download/ipinfo-1.0.0/ipinfo_1.0.0.deb
+$ curl -LO https://github.com/ipinfo/cli/releases/download/ipinfo-1.0.0/ipinfo_1.0.0.deb
 $ sudo dpkg -i ipinfo_1.0.0.deb
 ```