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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Computations are all done using Ponca on polyscope datastructures (see code for
 ## Compilation instructions
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/poncateam/poncascope.git # Fetch repository
+cd poncascope
 git submodule update --recursive --init               # Get dependencies: Polyscope, Ponca
 mkdir build && cd build                               # Goto to compilation directory
 cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release                  # Configure in release mode