diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7b27d855..80af93fc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The easiest way to deploy paperless is docker-compose. The files in the [`/docke
 If you'd like to jump right in, you can configure a docker-compose environment with our install script:
 
 ```bash
-bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/master/install-paperless-ngx.sh)"
+bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/main/install-paperless-ngx.sh)"
 ```
 
 Alternatively, you can install the dependencies and setup apache and a database server yourself. The [documentation](https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup.html#installation) has a step by step guide on how to do it.
diff --git a/install-paperless-ngx.sh b/install-paperless-ngx.sh
index 938598bf1..8cb45b361 100755
--- a/install-paperless-ngx.sh
+++ b/install-paperless-ngx.sh
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ if [[ $TIKA_ENABLED == "yes" ]] ; then
 	DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION="$DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION-tika"
 fi
 
-wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/master/docker/compose/docker-compose.$DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION.yml" -O docker-compose.yml
-wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/master/docker/compose/.env" -O .env
+wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/main/docker/compose/docker-compose.$DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION.yml" -O docker-compose.yml
+wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/main/docker/compose/.env" -O .env
 
 SECRET_KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 64 | head -n 1)