diff --git a/updateVSCodium.sh b/updateVSCodium.sh
index 2e5f708..fe20133 100644
--- a/updateVSCodium.sh
+++ b/updateVSCodium.sh
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ then
     pkill -9 codium
 fi
 
-if [ -x $HOME/.vscodium_scripts ] ; then # if the folder already exists (not the first run?)
+if [ -x "$HOME"/.vscodium_scripts ] ; then # if the folder already exists (not the first run?)
     # go to the folder and clear it
-    cd $HOME/.vscodium_scripts
-    rm *
+    cd "$HOME/.vscodium_scripts" || exit
+    rm ./*
 
 else # if the folder isn't already created (first run?)
     # creating the folder
-    mkdir $HOME/.vscodium_scripts
-    cd $HOME/.vscodium_scripts
+    mkdir "$HOME/".vscodium_scripts
+    cd "$HOME"/.vscodium_scripts || exit
 
     echo ""
     echo "First run, adding commmands to shell, you will need to restart your shell"
@@ -33,23 +33,27 @@ else # if the folder isn't already created (first run?)
 
     # to .bashrc (i assume it always exists, anyways if not this script is hard to start
     # because all the alias/abbr are using bash)
-    echo "" >> $HOME/.bashrc
-    echo "# Alias for Codium" >> $HOME/.bashrc
-    echo "alias updateCodium='bash \$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/updateVSCodium.sh'" >> $HOME/.bashrc
-    echo "alias code='\$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/VSCodium.AppImage --no-sandbox > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown'" >> $HOME/.bashrc
-    echo "" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+    {
+        echo ""
+        echo "# Alias for Codium"
+        echo "alias updateCodium='bash \$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/updateVSCodium.sh'"
+        echo "alias code='\$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/VSCodium.AppImage --no-sandbox > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown'"
+        echo ""
+    } >> "$HOME"/.bashrc
 
     # to .zshrc if exists
-    if [ -f $HOME/.zshrc ] ; then
-        echo "" >> $HOME/.zshrc
-        echo "# Alias for Codium" >> $HOME/.zshrc
-        echo "alias updateCodium='bash \$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/updateVSCodium.sh'" >> $HOME/.zshrc
-        echo "alias code='\$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/VSCodium.AppImage --no-sandbox > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown'" >> $HOME/.zshrc
-        echo "" >> $HOME/.zshrc
+    if [ -f "$HOME"/.zshrc ] ; then
+        {
+            echo ""
+            echo "# Alias for Codium"
+            echo "alias updateCodium='bash \$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/updateVSCodium.sh'"
+            echo "alias code='\$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/VSCodium.AppImage --no-sandbox > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown'"
+            echo ""
+        } >> "$HOME"/.zshrc
     fi
 
     # if config.fish exists
-    if [ -f $HOME/.config/fish/config.fish ] ; then
+    if [ -f "$HOME"/.config/fish/config.fish ] ; then
         fish -c "abbr updateCodium 'bash \$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/updateVSCodium.sh'"
         fish -c "abbr code 'bash \$HOME/.vscodium_scripts/VSCodium.AppImage --no-sandbox > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown'"
     fi