diff --git a/default/.config/zsh/init.zsh b/default/.config/zsh/init.zsh
index 242e7c2..d70adb6 100644
--- a/default/.config/zsh/init.zsh
+++ b/default/.config/zsh/init.zsh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # first, run this from an interactive zsh terminal session:
-if [[ -e "${ZDOTDIR}/.antidote" && ! -d "${ZDOTDIR}/.antidote" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -d "${ZDOTDIR}/.antidote" ]]; then
     mkdir -p "${ZDOTDIR}/.antidote" && chmod 700 "${ZDOTDIR}/.antidote"
-    git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/mattmc3/antidote.git ${ZDOTDIR}/.antidote
+    git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/mattmc3/antidote.git "${ZDOTDIR}/.antidote"
 fi
 
 zsh_plugins=${ZDOTDIR}/.zsh_plugins