diff --git a/default/.config/zsh/functions.zsh b/default/.config/zsh/functions.zsh
index 36ecfea..6c1fcfb 100644
--- a/default/.config/zsh/functions.zsh
+++ b/default/.config/zsh/functions.zsh
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ dotstate_update() {
   [[ "$(id -u)" -ne "$(stat -c '%u' "$TARGET_DIR" 2>/dev/null)" ]] && return 0
   [[ ! -d "$TARGET_DIR/.git" ]] && return 0
 
+  cd "$TARGET_DIR" || return 0
+
   local remote_sha local_sha
   remote_sha=$(timeout 5 git ls-remote "$REPO_URL" HEAD | awk '{print $1}')
   [[ -z "$remote_sha" ]] && return 0
-  local_sha=$(git -C "$TARGET_DIR" rev-parse HEAD)
+  local_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
   [[ "$remote_sha" == "$local_sha" ]] && return 0
 
   info "Repository out of date. Pulling updates..."
-  git -C "$TARGET_DIR" pull &>/dev/null
+  git pull &>/dev/null
   dotstate activate
   exec zsh
 }
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