diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3bf81b24..310fba9f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Here is an example to download the latest data.
 ```bash
 wget https://github.com/chenditc/investment_data/releases/latest/download/qlib_bin.tar.gz
 mkdir -p ~/.qlib/qlib_data/cn_data
-tar -zxvf qlib_bin.tar.gz -C ~/.qlib/qlib_data/cn_data --strip-components=2
+tar -zxvf qlib_bin.tar.gz -C ~/.qlib/qlib_data/cn_data --strip-components=1
 rm -f qlib_bin.tar.gz
 ```