diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6577db1a..d89f53afc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,15 +150,10 @@ sudo eopkg install lazygit
 ### Ubuntu
 
 ```sh
-LAZYGIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' |  sed -E 's/.*"v*([^"]+)".*/\1/')
-```
-
-```sh
+LAZYGIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "v\K[^"]*')
 curl -Lo lazygit.tar.gz "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest/download/lazygit_${LAZYGIT_VERSION}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz"
-```
-
-```sh
-sudo tar xf lazygit.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin lazygit
+tar xf lazygit.tar.gz lazygit
+sudo install lazygit /usr/local/bin
 ```
 
 Verify the correct installation of lazygit: