diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f61de92..65b37b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The following code will read a tag from the MFRC522
 
 ```python
 from time import sleep
-import sys
+import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
 from mfrc522 import SimpleMFRC522
 reader = SimpleMFRC522()