diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ee0631..a62eb1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Clone this repository to a directory on your machine
 
         sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/certs
 
-1. Copy the certificate to the directory
+1. Move the certificate to the certificates directory
 
-        sudo cp dgfprototype.*.pem /etc/nginx/certs/
+        sudo mv dgfprototype.*.pem /etc/nginx/certs/
 
 1. Add the following to the `http` section of `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf`