diff --git a/laser_encoders/README.md b/laser_encoders/README.md
index 6a2735db..28143f7e 100644
--- a/laser_encoders/README.md
+++ b/laser_encoders/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ tokenizer = initialize_tokenizer(lang="igbo")
 tokenized_sentence = tokenizer.tokenize("nnọọ, kedu ka ị mere")
 
 # Initialize the LASER sentence encoder
-encoder = LaserEncoderPipeline(lang="igbo")
+encoder = LaserEncoderPipeline(lang="igbo", tokenize=False)
 
 # Encode sentences into embeddings
 embeddings = encoder.encode_sentences([tokenized_sentence])