diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17fbc92cacce44c9fb90c69a3d09a2fc4b81ebcc..721aa7ee114223bdf7f4b91e65aeb10bbfc19069 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cp -r frontend/dist server/visualdl/frontend/dist
 cd server/
 python setup.py bdist_wheel
 cd dist
-pip install --upgrade visualdl-0.0.1-py2-none-any.whl
+sudo pip install --upgrade visualdl-0.0.1-py2-none-any.whl
 ```