diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0765a1..e17d279 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $classifier->categorize('awesome, cool, amazing!! Yay.');
 $stateJson = $classifier->toJson();
 
 // load the classifier back from its JSON representation.
-$classifier.fromJson($stateJson);
+$classifier->fromJson($stateJson);
 
 ```