diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.sync_readme_to_index.sh b/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.sync_readme_to_index.sh
index bfddc5a..037a78c 100755
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.sync_readme_to_index.sh	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.sync_readme_to_index.sh	
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ README="README.md"
 INDEX="notebooks/index.md"
 BASE="$(mktemp)"
 trap 'rm -f "$BASE"' EXIT
-if git show HEAD:"$README" > "$BASE" 2>/dev/null; then
+if git show HEAD:"./$README" > "$BASE" 2>/dev/null; then
   git merge-file --diff3 "$INDEX" "$BASE" "$README"
 else
   cp "$README" "$INDEX"