diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
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--- a/readme.txt
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 give your pictures to the box and they will be put in storage
 you may take them out later through some other means if you ask nicely
 
-pv $FILENAME -p | nc $REMOTE 1337 -q 0
+pv $FILENAME | nc $REMOTE 1337 -q 0
 
-(seriously not great you should probably prefer a real protocol)
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+(seriously not great you should probably prefer a real protocol)