diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 
   - `mv ~/Downloads/composer-stable.phar /usr/local/bin/composer`
   - `chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/composer`
-  - `composer global require laravel/installer`
   - `echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile`
   - `ls /Applications/MAMP/bin/php` and take note of the most recent version
-  - run `echo 'export PATH="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile` substituting your latest version of php for `php7.4.2`
+  - `echo 'export PATH="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile` substituting your latest version of php for `php7.4.2`
 
 - close terminal window and open a new one
+- run `composer global require laravel/installer`
+
 - go to where you want your app to be and run `laravel new blog` substituting the name of your app for `blog`
 - `cd` into your app's dir
 - run `php artisan serve`