diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39b08724b2..28d5f77150 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/pytorch/torchtitan
 cd torchtitan
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 pip3 install --pre torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu124 --force-reinstall
+pip install -e .
 ```
 
 ### Downloading a tokenizer