diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70847ef..8c192ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,15 +23,16 @@ toml11 is a feature-rich TOML language library for C++11/14/17/20.
 
 ## Example
 
+```toml
+# example.toml
+title = "an example toml file"
+nums  = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5] # pi!
+```
+
 ```cpp
 #include <toml.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 
-// ```toml
-// title = "an example toml file"
-// nums  = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5] # pi!
-// ```
-
 int main()
 {
     // select TOML version at runtime (optional)
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ int main()
     }
     if(data.at("nums").is_array())
     {
-        data.push_back(9);
+        data["nums"].as_array().push_back(9);
     }
 
     // check comments