diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 531951e3f..462fb4c61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ os.environ["LLM_API_KEY"] = "YOUR OPENAI_API_KEY"
 ```
 or 
 ```
+import cognee
 cognee.config.llm_api_key = "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 ```