diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 0faa021756..eac8f39c81 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ and save your changes.
 
 9. (Recommended) Set up a backup plan
 
-Bad things will happen. Let there be them a hardware failure, a currupted
+Bad things will happen. Let there be a hardware failure, a currupted
 database or whatever you can think of. So once the installation of your
 Friendica node is done, you should make yoursef a backup plan.