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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ I originally wrote this in a rails app of mine and stripped this out. There's so
 Include the following in your `Gemfile`
 
 ```ruby
-  gem "syanpse_client"
+  gem "synapse_client"
 ```
 
 and then run `bundle install`.