diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfa3cc77da..dfbe04c7cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class PythonPredictor:
         self.model = download_model()
 
     def predict(self, payload):
-        return model.predict(payload["text"])
+        return self.model.predict(payload["text"])
 ```
 
 ### Configure your deployment