The basic idea of the notion of truth as correspondence is that if a proposition (or sentence) p is true, then there is an s such that s makes p true (i.e. s is a truthmaker of p). This idea has a strong intuitive appeal, especially with respect to propositions (or sentences) true in virtue of empirical phenomena. On the other hand, if there is no alternative to Frege's thesis according to which the reference of a sentence is its truth-value, a theory of truth as correspondence seems to be undermined from the start. The slingshot argument intends to defend Frege's thesis and to undermine theories of truth as correspondence. My aims here are (i) to investigate why Frege concluded that the reference of a sentence is its truth- value and (ii) to investigate whether or not a truthmaker theory of empirical truths can avoid the slingshot argument.