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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Startup server process:
 (for testing)
 ```
 cd src
-./sdptr --type LTS --configfile=sdptr.conf --nodaemon
+./sdptr --type=LTS --configfile=sdptr.conf --nodaemon
 ```