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@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Create symbolic link to detectors and data directories
 
 ```bash
 # Starting from the directory of this readme
+git clone git@gitlab.com:Argonne_EIC/detector_benchmarks.git
+cd detector_benchmarks
 cd .. &&  git clone git@gitlab.com:Argonne_EIC/detectors.git
 cd detector_benchmarks
 ln -s ../detectors