diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a78a793..704933f 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -o nounset
 DOTDIR="/var/lib/dotfiles"
 _SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-if [[ "$(readlink "${_SCRIPT_DIR}")" != "${DOTDIR}" ]] ; then
+if [[ "$(readlink "${_SCRIPT_DIR}")" != "${DOTDIR}" ]] && [[ "${_SCRIPT_DIR}" != "${DOTDIR}" ]] ; then
     if [[ -e "${DOTDIR}" ]] ; then
         2>&1 printf "${DOTDIR} already exists. This seems unsafe.\n"
         exit 1