diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81bb0c8..5526e5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ hledger-web --file ./finances.hledger
 
 Writing a HTML table to the README
 ```
-hledger incomestatement --file ./finances.hledger --layout bare --pretty --drop 1 --output-format html --yearly --row-total >> README.md
+hledger incomestatement --file ./finances.hledger --layout bare --pretty --drop 1 --output-format html --yearly --row-total | sed -i '8r /dev/stdin' README.md
+sed -i '14,17d' README.md
 ```