diff --git a/labs/example-lab.md b/labs/example-lab.md
index 8a4728dc370d3fa5b69a637c263f6bd8593ec34a..0b8442d71435418521873d59314e8920ecb5f66e 100644
--- a/labs/example-lab.md
+++ b/labs/example-lab.md
@@ -267,7 +267,11 @@ try cleaning the project cache by running:
 ```shell
 git clean -Xdf
 ```
-Then restarting `sbt`.
+Then restarting `sbt`, if this still doesn't work, try deleting the global sbt
+cache:
+```shell
+rm -r ~/.sbt
+```
 
 ## IDE features like type-on-hover or go-to-definition do not work