diff --git a/common/.zshrc b/common/.zshrc
index 4ed6232..8f9fabd 100644
--- a/common/.zshrc
+++ b/common/.zshrc
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-if [[ -z "~/.zsh" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.zsh" ]]; then
   mkdir -p ~/.zsh
 fi
 
 fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
 
-if [[ -z "~/.zsh/gitstatus" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.zsh/gitstatus" ]]; then
   git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/gitstatus.git ~/.zsh/gitstatus
 fi
 source ~/.zsh/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.zsh