diff --git a/README b/README
index 08f2d0b..3b288f0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ Add a user and password for authenticated resources:
 Create ~/.restclient for named sessions:
 
   sinatra:
-    :url: http://localhost:4567
+    url: http://localhost:4567
   rack:
-    :url: http://localhost:9292
+    url: http://localhost:9292
   private_site:
-    :url: http://example.com
-    :username: user
-    :password: pass
+    url: http://example.com
+    username: user
+    password: pass
 
 Then invoke:
 
diff --git a/bin/restclient b/bin/restclient
index 6a7c4fe..5a7fb70 100755
--- a/bin/restclient
+++ b/bin/restclient
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ end
 config = YAML.load(File.read(ENV['HOME'] + "/.restclient")) rescue {}
 
 @url, @username, @password = if c = config[@url]
-	[c[:url], c[:username], c[:password]]
+	[c['url'], c['username'], c['password']]
 else
 	[@url, *ARGV]
 end