diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 358185363..0ba0121d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ $ sudo systemctl enable --now invidious.service
 #### Logrotate:
 
 ```bash
-$ sudo echo "/home/invidious/invidious/invidious.log {
+$ echo "/home/invidious/invidious/invidious.log {
 rotate 4
 weekly
 notifempty
 missingok
 compress
 minsize 1048576
-}" | tee /etc/logrotate.d/invidious.logrotate
+}" | sudo tee /etc/logrotate.d/invidious.logrotate
 $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/logrotate.d/invidious.logrotate
 ```