diff --git a/home/-shrc b/home/-shrc
index 78e7314..6ed4cfb 100644
--- a/home/-shrc
+++ b/home/-shrc
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function trash() {
     dd status=none if=/dev/random bs=1 count="$1"
 }
 
-. ~/sh/z/z.sh
+[ -e ~/sh/z/z.sh ] && . ~/sh/z/z.sh
 
 # awful things
 # i should really write a ladspa plugin that does this all at once and