diff --git a/src/_readmecleancp.js b/src/_readmecleancp.js
index 3412d59..f152ede 100644
--- a/src/_readmecleancp.js
+++ b/src/_readmecleancp.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 
 try {
-  const readme = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd()+'/src','README.md'))
+  const readme = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd()+'/src','_README.md'))
   const cleaned = readme.toString().replaceAll(/ \{#.*\}/g,'')
   console.log('Overwriting /README.md with clean copy')
   fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(),'README.md'),cleaned)