diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39b231f..d1fe3df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Can be used standalone (instructions below) or as part of other programs.
 help: ./run_txt_aug.py -h
 
 example usage:
-./run_txt_aug.py corpus_1br_10pt_15sept.tok --aug translate random --action delete --maxs 10 --lang en --translate_mode local --append --output out.txt
+./run_txt_aug.py corpus_1br_10pt_15sept.tok --aug backtranslate random_del --maxs 5 --lang en --translate_mode google --apend --output out.txt
 ```
 
 ## Offline text generation
diff --git a/run_txt_aug.py b/run_txt_aug.py
index 44ededf..732e3b4 100755
--- a/run_txt_aug.py
+++ b/run_txt_aug.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 """
 example usage:
-./txt_aug.py corpus.tok --aug translate random --action delete --maxs 10 --lang en --append
+./txt_aug.py corpus.tok --aug translate random_del --maxs 10 --lang en --append
 """
 
 
diff --git a/text/aug.py b/text/aug.py
index 5b2ec5e..b50ec8f 100755
--- a/text/aug.py
+++ b/text/aug.py
@@ -223,14 +223,13 @@ def backtranslate_sentences_api(
             skips_count += 1
             continue
         try:
-            backtranslator = backtranslator.translate(translation)
+            backtranslation = backtranslator.translate(translation)
+            backtranslations.append(backtranslation)
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"[!] Skipping backtranslating sentence '{translation}': {e}")
             skips_count += 1
             continue
         skips_count = 0
-        backtranslation = backtranslator.translate(translation)
-        backtranslations.append(backtranslation)
         print(f"{sentence} -> {translation} -> {backtranslation}")
 
     return backtranslations