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@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ HCL and Terraform parsers that treat `{%` as comment lines for... reasons. iykyk
 
 # Neovim usage with the `nvim-treesitter` plugin
 
+Clone this repo somewhere then add this to your config:
+
 ```lua
 local configs = require("nvim-treesitter.configs")
 local parser_config = require("nvim-treesitter.parsers").get_parser_configs()
 
-local jhcl_repo = "https://code.buildbetter.boats/jenterkin/tree-sitter-jhcl"
+-- for some reason you can't use the repo url here. it won't override the
+-- default tf and hcl parsers.
+local jhcl_repo = "~/path/to/this/repo"
 
 parser_config.hcl = {
   install_info = {