diff --git a/scripts/patch_readme.sh b/scripts/patch_readme.sh
index e4cdfd084..97a802323 100755
--- a/scripts/patch_readme.sh
+++ b/scripts/patch_readme.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,24 @@ if [ -z $VERSION ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+function replaceInFile {
+    local EXPR=$1
+    local FILE=$2
+    case $(uname) in
+        Darwin)
+            sed -e "${EXPR}" -i "" ${FILE}
+            ;;
+        *)
+            sed -i --expression "${EXPR}" ${FILE}
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+
 f=README.md
-sed -e "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml@g" -i "" $f
-sed -e "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-deployment-replication.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-deployment-replication.yaml@g" -i "" $f
-sed -e "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-storage.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-storage.yaml@g" -i "" $f
+replaceInFile "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml@g" ${f}
+replaceInFile "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-deployment-replication.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-deployment-replication.yaml@g" ${f}
+replaceInFile "s@^kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/.*/manifests/arango-storage.yaml\$@kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/${VERSION}/manifests/arango-storage.yaml@g" ${f}
 
-sed -e "s@^helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/.*/kube-arangodb.tgz\$@helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/${VERSION}/kube-arangodb.tgz@g" -i "" $f
-sed -e "s@^helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/.*/kube-arangodb-storage.tgz\$@helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/${VERSION}/kube-arangodb-storage.tgz@g" -i "" $f
+replaceInFile "s@^helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/.*/kube-arangodb.tgz\$@helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/${VERSION}/kube-arangodb.tgz@g" ${f}
+replaceInFile "s@^helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/.*/kube-arangodb-storage.tgz\$@helm install https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/${VERSION}/kube-arangodb-storage.tgz@g" ${f}