diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f5c4692850ecd80fef958bfeea05de9384b9af7..c8ed15794109e816c01f8b93df07c28779846625 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ A very basic POSTGREST client and utils
 
 ```python
 from postgrestutils.client import pgrest_client
-pgrest_client.get("kerbals?select=id,forename")
+
+payload = {
+    "select": "id,forename"
+}
+pgrest_client.get("kerbals", params=payload)
 ```
 
 ##### Other projects
@@ -23,7 +27,10 @@ settings.JWT = ""
 
 from postgrestutils.client import pgrest_client
 
-res = pgrest_client.get("kerbals?select=id,forename")
+payload = {
+    "select": "id,forename"
+}
+res = pgrest_client.get("kerbals", params=payload)
 ```
 
 #### Django helpers