diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2bf3a4..66aef1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The script uses 3 flat text files as databases:
 * evomalware.patterns, known patterns.
 * evomalware.whitelist, files to ignore.
 
-There is also an "aggresive" mode which permits to find suspect files using
+There is also an "aggressive" mode which permits to find suspect files using
 evomalware.suspect DB.  
 At each run, the script downloads the last databases.