diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ $ dpkg-buildpackage -b
 
 You will need a build of libbladeRF. You can build packages from source:
 
-```bash
-$ git clone https://github.com/Nuand/bladeRF.git
-$ cd bladeRF
+$ git clone https://github.com/Nuand/bladeRF.git  
+$ cd bladeRF  
+$ git checkout 2017.12-rc1  
 $ dpkg-buildpackage -b
-```
 
 Or Nuand has some build/install instructions including an Ubuntu PPA
 at https://github.com/Nuand/bladeRF/wiki/Getting-Started:-Linux