diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -179,12 +179,13 @@ Alternatively, here are instructions for installing under WSL2 on windows everyt
 ```bash
 mkdir automatic1111
 cd automatic1111
-conda env create -f environment.yaml
-conda activate automatic
 
 git clone https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui.git
 cd stable-diffusion-webui
 
+conda env create -f environment.yaml
+conda activate automatic
+
 # clone repositories for Stable Diffusion and (optionally) CodeFormer
 mkdir repositories
 git clone https://github.com/CompVis/stable-diffusion.git repositories/stable-diffusion