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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ simulations. Built on top of [Sire](https://github.com/OpenBioSim/sire) and [Ope
 First create a conda environment using the provided environment file:
 
 ```
-mamba create -f environment.yaml
+mamba env create -f environment.yaml
 ```
 
 (We recommend using [Miniforge](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge).)