diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c94bc0d..4e9d7f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const requestor = require('requestor');
 const express = require('express');
 
 const app = express();
-requestor(app, 'api', {foo: 'bar'});
+requestor(app, 'api', {opts: {foo: 'bar'}});
 app.listen(3000);
 ```
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ optionally, you can set a subdirectory for all requests
 ```js
 //...
 
-requestor(app, 'api', {foo: 'bar'}, 'subdir');
+requestor(app, 'api', {subdir: 'subdir'});
 
 // requests that before responded to /foo/bar/ will now respond to /subdir/foo/bar/
 ```