diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 571727e8..54ecb2a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int main(int, char* [])
         //
         // Create a basic multithreaded file logger (use "file_logger_st" for the single threaded version)
         //
-        auto my_logger = spd::file_logger_mt("basic_logger", "logs/basic.txt");
+        auto my_logger = spd::basic_logger_mt("basic_logger", "logs/basic.txt");
         my_logger->info("Some log message");
 
         //