diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pros:
 
 cons:
 * I wrote it very quickly and added new features half hazardly. This made the codebase somewhat unwieldy (hence why im rewriting it)
-* The database will wipe itself if multiple people write to it.  (this is fixed in the rewrite)
+* The json file will wipe itself if multiple people write to it.  (this is fixed in the rewrite)
 
 
 try it at https://getgle.org/