diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57b1fbb718ed3d0f5ab7ec94ff9b7f7082984d0d..583c467afc94dfb30b77188830c0f44dc6e68e8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -200,8 +200,12 @@ from unitex.processor import UnitexProcessor
 files = [ ... ]
 grammar = load_persistent_fst2("/path/to/grammar.fst2")
 
+options = None
+with open("/path/to/unitex.yaml", "r") as f:
+    options = yaml.load(f)
+
 config = UnitexConfig()
-config.load("/path/to/unitex.yaml")
+config.load(options)
 
 # Persistence is achieved during object initialization
 processor = UnitexProcessor(config)