diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c4de30..96976ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # all-contributors-cli
 
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-2-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
+[![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/all-contributors-cli.svg)](http://npm.im/all-contributors-cli)[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-2-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
 
 This is a tool to help automate adding contributor acknowledgements according to the [all-contributors](https://github.com/kentcdodds/all-contributors) specification.
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Then init the project using `init` and answering a few questions:
 ```console
 all-contributors init
 ```
-Once initialized, you don't need to have  `all-contributors-cli` instaled globally. You can instead save it as a devDependency of your project and add it to your scripts:
+Once initialized, you don't need to have  `all-contributors-cli` installed globally. You can instead save it as a devDependency of your project and add it to your `package.json` scripts:
 ```console
 npm install --save-dev all-contributors-cli
 ```
diff --git a/lib/generate/index.js b/lib/generate/index.js
index 04cca5d..a224168 100644
--- a/lib/generate/index.js
+++ b/lib/generate/index.js
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ var formatBadge = require('./formatBadge');
 var formatContributor = require('./formatContributor');
 var injectContentBetween = require('../markdown').injectContentBetween;
 
-function injectBetweenTags(tag, newContent) {
+var badgeRegex = /\[\!\[All Contributors\]\([a-zA-Z0-9\-\.\/_\:\?=]+\)\]\(\#\w+\)/;
+
+function injectListBetweenTags(newContent) {
   return function (previousContent) {
-    var tagToLookFor = '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-' + tag + ':';
+    var tagToLookFor = '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:';
     var closingTag = '-->';
     var startOfOpeningTagIndex = previousContent.indexOf(tagToLookFor + 'START');
     var endOfOpeningTagIndex = previousContent.indexOf(closingTag, startOfOpeningTagIndex);
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ function injectBetweenTags(tag, newContent) {
       return previousContent;
     }
     return previousContent.slice(0, endOfOpeningTagIndex + closingTag.length) +
-      newContent +
+      '\n' + newContent + '\n' +
       previousContent.slice(startOfClosingTagIndex);
   };
 }
@@ -45,11 +47,23 @@ function generateContributorsList(options, contributors) {
   )(contributors);
 }
 
+function replaceBadge(newContent) {
+  return function (previousContent) {
+    var regexResult = badgeRegex.exec(previousContent);
+    if (!regexResult) {
+      return previousContent;
+    }
+    return previousContent.slice(0, regexResult.index) +
+      newContent +
+      previousContent.slice(regexResult.index + regexResult[0].length);
+  };
+}
+
 module.exports = function generate(options, contributors, fileContent) {
   var contributorsList = generateContributorsList(options, contributors);
   var badge = formatBadge(options, contributors);
   return _.flow(
-    injectBetweenTags('LIST', '\n' + contributorsList + '\n'),
-    injectBetweenTags('BADGE', badge)
+    injectListBetweenTags(contributorsList),
+    replaceBadge(badge)
   )(fileContent);
 };
diff --git a/lib/generate/index.test.js b/lib/generate/index.test.js
index 8c85946..4edf6b0 100644
--- a/lib/generate/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/generate/index.test.js
@@ -136,27 +136,34 @@ test('should not inject anything if end tag is malformed', t => {
   t.is(result, content);
 });
 
-test('should inject badge if the ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE tag is present', t => {
+test('should replace all-contributors badge if present', t => {
   const {kentcdodds} = contributors;
   const {options} = fixtures();
   const contributorList = [kentcdodds];
   const content = [
     '# project',
     '',
-    'Badges',
-    '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START --><!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->',
+    'Badges', [
+      '[![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/all-contributors-cli.svg?style=flat-square)](http://npm.im/all-contributors-cli)',
+      '[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)',
+      '[![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/all-contributors-cli.svg?style=flat-square)](http://npm.im/all-contributors-cli)'
+    ].join(''),
     '',
     'License: MIT'
   ].join('\n');
   const expected = [
     '# project',
     '',
-    'Badges',
-    '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START -->[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-1-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->',
+    'Badges', [
+      '[![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/all-contributors-cli.svg?style=flat-square)](http://npm.im/all-contributors-cli)',
+      '[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-1-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)',
+      '[![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/all-contributors-cli.svg?style=flat-square)](http://npm.im/all-contributors-cli)'
+    ].join(''),
     '',
     'License: MIT'
   ].join('\n');
 
   const result = generate(options, contributorList, content);
+
   t.is(result, expected);
 });
diff --git a/lib/init/addBadge.test.js b/lib/init/addBadge.test.js
index 228e368..85af951 100644
--- a/lib/init/addBadge.test.js
+++ b/lib/init/addBadge.test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test('should insert badge under title', t => {
   ].join('\n');
   const expected = [
     '# project',
-    '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section --><!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->',
+    '[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)',
     '',
     'Description',
     '',
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ test('should add badge if content is empty', t => {
   const content = '';
   const expected = [
     '',
-    '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section --><!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->'
+    '[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)'
   ].join('\n');
 
   const result = addBadge(content);
diff --git a/lib/init/initContent.js b/lib/init/initContent.js
index 94a2885..bc7cb71 100644
--- a/lib/init/initContent.js
+++ b/lib/init/initContent.js
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 var _ = require('lodash/fp');
 var injectContentBetween = require('../markdown').injectContentBetween;
 
-function newContent(type) {
-  return '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-' + type + ':START - Do not remove or modify this section --><!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-' + type + ':END -->';
-}
+var badgeContent = '[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)';
+var listContent = '<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:START - Do not remove or modify this section --><!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->';
 
 function addBadge(lines) {
-  return injectContentBetween(lines, newContent('BADGE'), 1, 1);
+  return injectContentBetween(lines, badgeContent, 1, 1);
 }
 
 function splitAndRejoin(fn) {
@@ -26,17 +25,16 @@ var findContributorsSection = _.findIndex(function isContributorsSection(str) {
 });
 
 function addContributorsList(lines) {
-  var toInject = newContent('LIST');
   var insertionLine = findContributorsSection(lines);
   if (insertionLine === -1) {
     return lines
       .concat([
         '## Contributors',
         '',
-        toInject
+        listContent
       ]);
   }
-  return injectContentBetween(lines, toInject, insertionLine + 2, insertionLine + 2);
+  return injectContentBetween(lines, listContent, insertionLine + 2, insertionLine + 2);
 }
 
 module.exports = {