diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00d2c6c448aaeaf2e2dd46e84e9bdcd4062c58bf..0bb5fa3ad3afe7d80904b49073e2b5055ac16a7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MEMS Accelerometer Demonstration Experiment
 ===========================================
 
-(c) 2017, Benedict Tohermes, Sebastian Steinlechner\\
+(c) 2017, Benedict Tohermes, Sebastian Steinlechner\
 Institut für Laserphysik, Universität Hamburg, Germany
 
 Images used in the software have been collected from various sources around the